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While the pipeline of new antibiotics has improved over the past six years, momentum in the development of new infection-fighting agents remains inadequate and could...

Chimpanzees learn nut-cracking technique and reach expert efficiency relatively faster than humansCredit: © Christophe Boesch Humans consider themselves as the tool user per excellence, and...

Community-developed blueprint of worm metabolism holds promise for greater understanding of agingCredit: Credit: Dr. Laetitia Chauve, Babraham Institute. Key points: Multi-disciplinary collaboration and community effort...

Kidneys can repair rhemselves after birth -- and that's good newsCredit: Dan Addison | University Communications Scientists seeking to regrow damaged kidneys have discovered that...

New machine learning techniques could pave the way for larger, more timely projectsCredit: ©Snapshot Serengeti For more than a decade, citizen science projects have helped...

In a new study in mouse models of Down syndrome, cannabinoid receptor type-1 has been identified as a possible target for improving cognitive disorders A...

Bats tricked by the sound of rainCredit: Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Background noise is generally regarded as a nuisance that can mask important sounds. But...

Gorillas in the heart of the forestCredit: Germán Illera A new study published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences reveals...

Shared decision-making seen as an important instrument to obtain better research results and gain support and acceptance from the wider public, according to a new...

Credit: Met Office The forecast for the global average surface temperature for the five-year period to 2023 is predicted to be near or above 1.0...

The potential side-effects of health interventions were not fully reported in more than a third of published health study reviews, research at the University of...

This adverse NSAID effect is caused by dysfunctional molecular and cellular mechanismsCredit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or NSAIDs, are widely known as...

In a study of teenagers and adults suffering from acne who consulted their dermatologist, the acne relapse rate was 44 percent (39.9 percent of ≤20-year-olds...

Credit: Tom Marchitto Researchers have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) program that can automatically provide species-level identification of microscopic marine organisms. The next step is...

Syrian hamsters are golden-haired rodents often kept as house pets. Cold and darkness can cause the animals to hibernate for 3-4 days at a time,...