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(Chalmers University of Technology) It is time to stop discussing whether electric cars are good or bad. Instead industry, authorities...

A pregnant mother sleeping on her back during late pregnancy may cause problems for the fetus, according to new research...

Credit: Michal Polak/UC Doctors long have stressed the importance of good nutrition for expectant mothers. Now biologists at the University...

Credit: Michalina Janiszewska, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School Cold Spring Harbor, NY -- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press (CSHLP)...

Credit: Changxi Yang, Tsinghua University WASHINGTON -- The exciting applications of wearable sensors have sparked a tremendous amount of research...

ExxonMobil Chemical Company and the University of Houston have signed a multi-year research agreement that will focus on helping the...

Credit: Jefferson Hall Ask someone to draw a tree and s/he will invariably draw a trunk and branches -- leaving...

Credit: Radboud University For decades, immortal cells such as the famous HeLa cells have been contaminating other cell cultures in...

Nitrate is the most common contaminant in aquifers and tap water throughout the world, but its effects on human health...

Any scientist who studies groups of people knows that the characteristics of the "sample" -- the group of people selected...

Credit: Lilian Hsiao New research from North Carolina State University, MIT and the University of Michigan finds that the surface...

There is no effective treatment for the cancer form found in the liver called fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma, which is mainly...

New research suggests that the last common ancestor of apes--including great apes and humans--was much smaller than previously thought, about...

Credit: University of Alberta Recent research discoveries in the development of brain disorders could pave the way to new therapies...