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Credit: Ruth Pumroy, University of Pennsylvania PHILADELPHIA - Kidney stones--solid, pebble-like grit that forms when too much of certain minerals...

ROCHESTER Minn. -- Researchers at Mayo Clinic have identified three specific gene types that account for a known two-to-three-fold increase...

Credit: The George Institute for Global Health Young adults classified as obese in Australia can expect to lose up to...

Dementia is a health condition that affects your memory in ways that can make it difficult to carry out your...

DALLAS, Oct. 2018 -- Hispanic infants with critical types of congenital heart disease have worse outcomes in their first year...

Credit: From Jenks Immunity 2018 In the autoimmune disease systemic lupus erythematosus or SLE, the immune system produces antibodies against...

High levels of air pollutants, especially fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and to a lesser extent, ozone, may be linked to...

ITHACA, N.Y. -When scientists first proposed adding the Tricolored Blackbird to the California endangered species list in 2004, they had...

Credit: Photos courtesy of Liang Xue/ University of Delaware Antarctica has a current that circles the landmass as part of...

Credit: Duke University Customers at chain restaurants throughout the United States will start to see more menus that list calorie...

Credit: Image courtesy of Rhea Datta. Scientists at New York University and the University of Chicago have created fruit flies...

Credit: CrowdHydrology BUFFALO, N.Y. -- In spring of 2011, University at Buffalo hydrogeologist Chris Lowry hammered a giant measuring staff...

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has published its Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C, a new assessment...

Right: Former agricultural fields now undergoing forest restoration. Credit: Photo by Mark Dettling/Point Blue Petaluma, CA--Restoring forests has become a...

Credit: InDevR, Inc. BOULDER (10/9/18) -- The development of vaccines against potentially pandemic influenza strains is a critical component of...

Credit: Peidong Yang, UC Berkeley A bacterium named Moorella thermoacetica won't work for free. But UC Berkeley researchers have figured...

Credit: Photo by Derrick Turner EAST LANSING, Mich. - More than 1.5 million Michigan residents and potentially more than hundreds...

DURHAM, N.C. - A bacterium known for causing stomach cancer might also increase the risk of certain colorectal cancers, particularly...

Credit: University of Bradford A commonly-used anti-psychotic drug could also be effective against triple negative breast cancer, the form of...

Credit: RUB, Kramer How the light-sensitive part of the biomolecule phytochrome changes from a light-adapted state to a dark-adapted state...