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Credit: Kumar R, et al. (2017) A subspecies of the bacterium Streptococcus gallolyticus appears to actively promote the development of...

Summertime is barbecue time. However, when fat reacts with glowing coal, a substance chemists call benzopyrene is created. It is...

Credit: Sharon Tooze Scientists have made an important step in understanding how cells keep themselves clean and healthy - a...

Credit: OUHSC BETHESDA, MD - The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) has named John J. Mulvihill, MD, Children's Hospital...

A ground-breaking new class of oral drugs for treating breast cancer, known as cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) inhibitors, are generally well-tolerated,...

Men who are tall and obese are at increased risk of high grade prostate cancer and prostate cancer death, according...

Credit: Fernanda Pacheco, MD, MBA and Kutluk Oktay, MD, PhD Los Angeles, CA (July 13, 2017) Many women are turning...

As air temperatures rise at constant pressure, the density of air declines and this makes it harder for an airplane...

UCSF Health has signed an affiliation with Golden Gate Urgent Care (GGUC) to collaborate in providing top-quality urgent care in...

Credit: University of Minnesota/Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute For more than 60 years, researchers have tried to successfully cryopreserve (or freeze)...

Credit: André Baumgarten/WCS HAVANA, Cuba (July 13, 2017) - Experts from WCS's Global Conservation Programs and WCS's Bronx Zoo assisted...

Scientists report for the first time the ability to both deep freeze and reanimate zebrafish embryos. The method, appearing in...

James Cook University researchers in Australia say they now know exactly what makes horny cane toads boogie. And the toad...

Credit: by Dorothy Oehler on a sample provided by Maud Walsh (Louisiana State University Large, robust, lens-shaped microfossils from the...

(Bethesda, MD, July 13, 2017) Research by several leading scientists including Rakesh Jain, PhD, Director of the Edwin L. Steele...

Credit: Ruth Callaway, Swansea University Fifteen stunning images, and the fascinating stories behind them -- such as how a barn...

ARLINGTON, Va., July 13, 2017 -- The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has issued an update to its recommendations...

Credit: Susan Gilliland In 2015, a rural community in southeastern California approached Daniel Winkler and his doctoral advisor, Travis Huxman,...

Squirrels can remember problem-solving techniques for long periods and can apply them to new situations, researchers have discovered. University of...

Credit: Darryl Schmitt for LSU Health New Orleans Neuroscience Center of Excellence New Orleans, LA - Research led by Nicolas...