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DNA tests have confirmed that one of the three southern rockhopper penguin chicks born at Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan between June...

Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS – January 19, 2017 – Scientists face a conundrum in their quest to understand...

Credit: Saint Louis University Where in the continental United States is Zika most likely to occur? An early online article...

DURHAM, N.C. – There's a reason it's called a gut feeling. The brain and the gut are connected by intricate...

Credit: Daniel O. Hunter Introduced predators pose threats to biodiversity and are implicated in the extinction of many native species....

Credit: IMP A team of researchers led by scientists in Vienna, Dresden and Heidelberg has decoded the entire genetic information...

Philadelphia, PA, August 3, 2016 – Estrogen occurs naturally in cow's milk. Recently, there has been concern that consuming milk...

JUPITER, FL – Nov. 19, 2015 – In a new study that could have implications for future drug discovery efforts...

Credit: Image courtesy of Greg Albers, M.D., Stanford University Medical Center. Advances in brain imaging can identify a greater number...

New findings from the University of Birmingham show that patients with chronic kidney disease patients and periodontitis (severe gum disease)...

Credit: The Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio – Eating a Mediterranean diet could decrease the chances an overweight person will...

Credit: Indiana University Center for Aging Research INDIANAPOLIS — The initial phase of OPTIMISTIC, an innovative program developed and implemented...

Credit: Miljan Simonovic. Humans need eight essential trace elements for good health, and one of them is selenium – a...

Credit: Kalyan Varma A new WCS study finds that leopards are abundant in tea-garden landscapes in north-eastern India, but that...

IMAGE: The autism-linked protein MDGA1 (red) is found in the zones of the brain that give rise to new neurons...

Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. – In a new, hospital-level analysis by health policy researcher Laura Attanasio at the University...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A new Brown University study projects that increasing the number of Rhode Islanders treated every year for...

Credit: Sarah Thornton, UAF National Science Foundation (NSF) grants will support two new Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) sites. Scientists will...

Prairie gardens offer Midwestern suburban dwellers an alternative option to the traditional grass lawn. Their combination of native grasses, like...

Credit: Riley Brandt, University of Calgary There is no question that concussion is among the more concerning injuries in sport...