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Courage to aim for less cleanliness?
More living organisms on our bodies and in our homes could help in combating diseases -- if we let them...
Blood test shows promise for early detection of severe lung-transplant rejection
New tool that uses DNA sequencing could improve transplant outcomes and save livesCredit: NHLBI Researchers have developed a simple blood...
WSU sociologist sees environmental support slip under democratic presidents
Green issues appear to mobilize GOP when it's out of officeCredit: Washington State University PULLMAN, Wash.--Erik Johnson has what looks...
Rising temperatures may safeguard crop nutrition as climate changes
Hotter temperatures may offset the negative effects of higher carbon dioxide levels on seed quality, according to a two-year soybean...
Widely available food in US workplaces: Perk or hazard?
Offering more healthful foods at work could be a promising opportunity to improve wellness, according to a new study published...
Scientists seek genetic causes of condition that can result in absent uterus and vagina
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Jan. 22, 2019) - A percentage of females are born with...
Possible Oahu populations offer new hope for Hawaiian seabirds
Credit: Lindsay Young The two seabird species unique to Hawaii, Newell's Shearwaters and Hawaiian Petrels, are the focus of major...
The diversity of rural African populations extends to their microbiomes
Research from the Perelman School of Medicine and School of Arts and Sciences pointed to a role for lifestyle, geography,...
New study raises hopes of eradication of malaria
After major global successes in the battle against malaria, the positive trend stalled around 2015 - apart from in Zanzibar...
Specialist-led bereavement service may help curb legal action after hospital deaths
Relevant specialist, matron, and quality and safety lead involvement key to approach, say study authors Hospital bereavement services that are...
Body size may influence women's lifespan more than it does men's
And 60 minutes of daily physical activity was associated with the best chance of reaching 90 for women Body size-height...
Leaving 2-hour gap between dinner and bedtime may not affect blood glucose
Practice thought to be good for health and to lower risk of lifestyle diseases Leaving a two-hour gap between the...
Fossilized slime of 100-million-year-old hagfish shakes up vertebrate family tree
Ancient eel-like creature answers questions about when these bizarre fish branched off the evolutionary tree from other vertebratesCredit: Tetsuto Miyashita,...
Leaf age determines the division of labor in plant stress responses
Credit: Kenichi Tsuda Unlike animals, plants cannot move freely to escape from life-threatening conditions. This constraint means that they require...
Researchers for the first time identify neurons in the human visual cortex that respond to faces
Credit: Dr. Vadim Axelrod Imagine a world where everyone has the same face. That would be a very different world...
How our brains distinguish between self-touch and touch by others
Credit: Thor Balkhed/Linköping University Our brains seem to reduce sensory perception from an area of our skin when we touch...
Youthful cognitive ability strongly predicts mental capacity later in life
Education, job complexity and intellectual activities play only minor roles Early adult general cognitive ability (GCA) -- the diverse set...
Mice pass on brain benefits of enriched upbringing to offspring
Life experience may be transmitted from one generation to the next through changes in gene expression, parental caretakingCredit: Kalogeraki, Yusifov,...
Implantable device curbs seizures and improves cognition in epileptic rats
Approach reduces seizures by 93 percent in three monthsCredit: Giovanna Paolone A protein-secreting device implanted into the hippocampus of epileptic...
How concussions may lead to epilepsy
New animal model could improve understanding of post-traumatic epilepsyCredit: Alexys Harrington Researchers have identified a cellular response to repeated concussions...
