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October 25, 2025

From beaker to solved 3D structure in minutes

Credit: Caltech In a new study that one scientist called jaw-dropping, a joint UCLA/Caltech team has shown that it is...

Insufficient sleep in children is associated with poor diet, obesity and more screen time

DARIEN, IL - A new study conducted among more than 177,000 students suggests that insufficient sleep duration is associated with...

Study suggests diabetes medication improves heart structure

Credit: St. Michael's Hospital A study led by St. Michael's Hospital researchers, and presented at a prestigious late-breaker session at...

Breakthrough in understanding how deadly pneumococcus avoids immune defenses

Credit: UoL Scientists at the University of Liverpool have discovered a new and important function of a toxin produced by...

From beaker to solved 3-D structure in minutes

Credit: Caltech In a new study that one scientist called jaw-dropping, a joint UCLA/Caltech team has shown that it is...

Those using psychotropic drugs in suicide attempts more likely to have had prescriptions

AURORA, Colo. (Nov. 12, 2018) - As prescriptions for psychotropic drugs increase, researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical...

COPD patients rarely receive pulmonary rehabilitation despite its health benefits

Nov 12, 2018--Only a tiny fraction of patients hospitalized for COPD, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, participate in a pulmonary...

Beneficial gut bacteria metabolize fiber to improve heart health in mice

MADISON - Diets rich in fiber have long been associated with an array of positive outcomes, chief among them healthy...

Dynamic audiovisuals increase spectator attention, but inhibits conscious processing

Credit: Neuro-Com (UAB) and Neuroscience Unit (UPO). According to a study conducted by the UAB and the UPO, scene changes...

New insights into the aging brain

SAN FRANCISCO, CA--November 12, 2018--The protein klotho has been shown to promote longevity and counteract aging-related impairments. Having more klotho...

Researchers identify risk factors of advanced liver disease in cystic fibrosis patients

Credit: Children's Hospital Colorado Aurora, Colo. (Nov. 12, 2018) - Children's Hospital Colorado (Children's Colorado) pediatric gastroenterologist, Michael Narkewicz, MD,...

More than 80 percent of Americans are concerned with antibiotic resistance health threat

ARLINGTON, Va.-November 12, 2018-Nearly two thirds of Americans (65%) say antibiotic resistance is a public health problem and a strong...

Amazon forests failing to keep up with climate change

Credit: Adriane Esquivel Muelbert, University of Leeds A team of more than 100 scientists has assessed the impact of global...

Novel strategy appears to protect retina when disease reduces oxygen

Credit: Phil Jones, AU Campus Photographer An enzyme known to help our liver get rid of ammonia also appears to...

New integrated analytical approach reveals molecules involved in disease

Credit: Osaka University Osaka, Japan - Technological advances have enabled scientists to obtain massive amounts of data on different information-carrying...

One in 5 homicides of children 2 to 14 years of age is related to intimate partner violence

Ann Arbor, November 8, 2018 - Approximately 20 percent of homicides of children 2 to 14 years of age in...

Dry conditions may have helped a new type of plant gain a foothold on Earth

Credit: Eric Sucar/University of Pennsylvania In the dramatically changing conditions of ancient Earth, organisms had to evolve new strategies to...

Scientists shuffle the deck to create materials with new quantum behaviors

Layered transition metal dichalcogenides or TMDCs--materials composed of metal nanolayers sandwiched between two other layers of chalcogens-- have become extremely...

Tumor immune cells could aid cancer therapies, study shows

A pioneering technique designed to spot differences between immune cells in tumours could speed the development of cancer treatments, research...

Announcing Glenn /AFAR 2018 Research Grants for Junior Faculty