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Poor diet and a lack of physical activity are major contributors to the world's obesity epidemic, but researchers have also...

In the latest issue of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a research group at Uppsala...

For the past 15 years, synthetic biologists have been figuring out how to synthesize an organism's complete set of DNA,...

Credit: Rice University HOUSTON - (July 12, 2017) - Rice University engineers are building a flat microscope, called FlatScope TM,...

PHOENIX, Ariz. July 12, 2017 -- Research by scientists at Dignity Health St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center's Norton Thoracic...

Hydraulic fracturing has enabled a domestic oil and gas boom in the U.S., but its rapid growth has raised questions...

At its summer session during the annual meeting of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) in Halle (Saale), the...

Credit: Duke-NUS Medical School The Asia Pacific Medical Technology Association (APACMed), the only regional trade body for the medical devices,...

A fine wine has an ideal balance of ingredients. Too much or too little of a component could mean the...

CAMBRIDGE, MA - Antibiotic resistance is a growing problem, especially among a type of bacteria that are classified as "Gram-negative."...

Credit: Garyfallia Pagonis for Massachusetts Eye and Ear (BOSTON) - Patients with chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) who quit smoking will see...

Fundamental new insights into the functioning of the immune system and a new approach to treating autoimmune diseases: these are...

New research shows that the number of illustrations presented in a storybook can influence preschool children's ability to learn words...

Individuals who suffered multiple types of ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences - physical, sexual or emotional abuse or other stresses such...

Playing football can improve bone development in adolescent boys, new research shows. In a study comparing adolescent footballers to swimmers,...

New York | Heidelberg, 12 July 2017 - Populations of endangered species reach a critical point in their life where...

Everyone knows that time is critical when performing life-saving cardiopulmonary resuscitation to someone in cardiac arrest -- the sooner CPR...

Credit: Photo: Chris Goodfellow, Gladstone Institutes E-Scape Bio announced an extension of its Series A funding to a total of...

FRANKFURT. In evolution, a high sex drive does not always pay off. Female mosquitofish swim away from over-impetuous lovers because...

Credit: IBS With an incidence of 31.5 million worldwide and a mortality of around 17%, sepsis remains the most common...