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Yokohama, Japan - October 16, 2017 - Early specialist palliative care for patients that were recently diagnosed with malignant pleural...

Scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Sema4, and collaborating institutions including Colorado State University and Fred...

Credit: Russell Gray Natural habitat areas exhibit similar abundances and diversity of herpetofauna as citrus orchards and reclaimed orchard forests...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Pregnant women who had low socioeconomic status during childhood and who have poor family social support appear...

Credit: Berkeley Lab The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded $6.5 million to Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)...

Credit: Chalmers University of Technology Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology and the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have found several...

Credit: Reproduced with permission from reference 1© 2017 Nature Publishing Group The notion of tethered wind turbines that generate electricity...

CHICAGO -- October 16, 2017--Ohio University researchers found medical students may be more confident than knowledgeable when it comes to...

When it comes to seeking answers to questions about science, evangelical and black Protestants and Mormons are more likely than...

Young leukemia patients who were vaccinated against influenza were just as likely as their unvaccinated peers to develop flu, suggesting...

Credit: Photo courtesy of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service J.N. MANHATTAN, KANSAS -- Jaws, beware! Alligators may be coming for...

BROOKLYN, New York - Chemical weapons and other toxic agents including pesticides pose a serious health threat worldwide, whether they...

Credit: Courtesy of SUTD/Ye Ai Sound wave enables the sensation of hearing, and is an important way of communicating in...

Credit: University of Plymouth Glioblastoma is the most common of malign brain tumours in adults, and it currently has no...

In eukaryotic cells, the hereditary material DNA is mostly confined to the nucleus whereas the presence of DNA outside of...

Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Although it's been clear that seizures are linked to memory loss and other cognitive deficits...

Nanopore technology, which is used to sequence DNA, is cheap, hand-held and works in the jungle and in space. The...

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, October 16, 2017--A team of leading European clinicians and scientists presents...

Credit: Ina Anreiter, University of Toronto When it comes to behaviour, researchers have moved beyond the "nature versus nurture" debate....

Credit: © Lunghammer - TU Graz There was a Europe-wide outcry in the summer of 2017 as it emerged that...