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Credit: UEG (Vienna, 4 July, 2017) Citizens across the EU are consuming an average of 2 alcoholic drinks per day,...

A consortium of scientists from Ingenza Ltd (Edinburgh), the National Physical Laboratory (NPL, London) and the University of Plymouth has...

Credit: Photo/Video: Institute of Virology/Vetmeduni Vienna Some newly born piglets shiver even when they are kept warm. So-called "shaking piglets"...

Lower tariffs on high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) were linked to higher supply...

Credit: NITech Chemists at Nagoya Institute of Technology have developed an innovative chemical reaction system, which could have applications for...

Credit: Giovanni Bindellini Little is known about the origin and early evolution of the Notosuchia, hitherto unknown in the Jurassic...

A new book by leading sleep scientists debunks 40 popular and persistent myths on how to get a good night's...

Geneva, 4 July 2017: IVF embryos whose cells have mixed chromosomal profiles - one normal, another abnormal - still have...

Credit: Advances in Atmospheric Sciences Global warming has been one of the biggest issues the whole world has been facing...

Geneva, 4 July 2017: Embryo quality has long been considered the main determinant of implantation and pregnancy in IVF. Morphology...

Credit: Courtesy Dr. Vera Weisbecker A new study involving The University of Queensland, which might be useful for biomedical research,...

Credit: © Photo Museum Ulm Ancient mitochondrial DNA from the femur of an archaic European hominin is helping to resolve...

Credit: @Montse Lopez New breakthrough opens doors to treat melanin-linked skin conditions Spots resulting from too much sun exposure and...

Vasoconstriction must be balanced with vasodilation, particularly in the arterioles that supply tissues with blood. Endothelial cells protrude through holes...

Credit: Duke-NUS Medical School Singapore, 4 July 2017 - Including investigators from all three medical schools in Singapore, as well...

Credit: Muller et al., Malaria Journal, 2017' Removing the flowers of an invasive shrub from mosquito-prone areas might be a...

New research led by the University of East Anglia (UEA) shows how a policy aimed at ensuring the world's protected...

Credit: Dr Nick Pullen You might think that plants grow according to how much nutrition, water and sunlight they are...

The sand rat Psammomys obesus is a gerbil species native to deserts of North Africa and the Middle East, and...

Credit: Goldbogen Lab, Hopkins Marine Station Humpback whales feed from a range of species that have adapted to escape their...