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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...

Credit: Jesse Cancelmo HOUSTON -- (Oct. 16, 2017) -- The more than 13 trillion gallons of floodwater from Hurricane Harvey...

(University of Vienna) Women born by Caesarean section are more than twice as likely to develop FDP when giving birth...

Credit: University of Barcelona Surprisingly low concentrations of toxic chemicals - from fungicides to antidepressants - can change the way...

During childhood, the brain goes through critical periods in which its learning ability for specific skills and functions is strongly...

At its autumn session, the Joint Committee of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) approved the funding of 17...

Whales and dolphins (Cetaceans) live in tightly-knit social groups, have complex relationships, talk to each other and even have regional...

We all know that a poor diet is unhealthy, but a new BYU study finds that stress may just as...

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, October 16, 2017--Researchers have developed a novel reagent capable of detecting...

Credit: Ira Schieren/Columbia's Zuckerman Institute Scientists at Columbia's Zuckerman Institute today received a grant from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI)...

Credit: The Scripps Research Institute LA JOLLA, CA - Oct. 16, 2017 - Benjamin Cravatt, professor and co-chair of the...

Researchers have identified a region of the genome that regulates vitamin D activation in the kidneys, opening the door for...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- The desalination industry, a critical source of potable water in many arid regions, generated more than $13...

The blue whale is the largest animal known ever to have existed -- bigger even than dinosaurs -- yet it...

Credit: Jill Hemman and Andrey Kovalevsky /Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US Dept. of Energy OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Oct. 16, 2017...

Credit: © A. Smyth. When it comes to oysters and their role in reducing nutrient pollution, a new study by...