Electrodes are placed on the patient's chest area to record cardiac electrical activity - e.g. to determine whether the heart ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- College students who drink alcohol don't typically intend to drink to the point that they "black out," ...

Experts believe that where on the body people store surplus fat, whether round their middle or round the liver, may ...

Credit: NASA handout/Britney Schmidt/Dead Pixel VFX/Univ. of Texas at Austin NASA has navigated our solar system with spacecraft and landers, ...

Credit: Mar Carmena and Emma Peat A new way of identifying potential cancer drugs could streamline the development of therapies, ...

While the need for solutions for the impending consequences of rising global temperatures has become increasingly urgent, many people have ...

Credit: Sebastian Zentilomo/University of Sydney Scientists in Australia have for the first time demonstrated the protection of correlated states between ...

Credit: Alejandro Muñoz-Urias, Alvaro Edwin Razo Leon Changes in land use negatively affect bee species richness and diversity, and cause ...

Credit: © National Institute of Genetics, CC BY 4.0 Researchers at the University of Zurich and Harvard University have developed ...

Credit: VTTI Traveling with young children can be a challenge. As ride-share apps continue to surge in popularity, transporting children ...

Credit: © National Institute of Genetics, CC BY 4.0 Researchers at the University of Zurich and Harvard University have developed ...

The clinical significance of osteoporosis lies in the painful, debilitating fractures that arise, which are a major cause of long-term ...

For decades, scientists have viewed the brain as a veritable black box - and now Catherine Dulac and Xiaowei Zhuang ...

NEW YORK, NY (October 31, 2018)--A new study shows that women with early-stage cervical cancer who underwent minimally invasive hysterectomy ...

Credit: NASA Sulphur is found in many different compounds throughout the world - not only in the atmosphere, but also ...

November 1, 2018 - The key to lasting protection against influenza may be in your bones. The cells that naturally ...

Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center When comparing standard-of-care surgical options for women with early-stage cervical cancer, two studies led by ...

When humans cut contiguous tropical forests into smaller fragments, ecologists say, forests along the edges of those fragments tend to ...

Credit: Matt Miller Patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), an aggressive cancer of the blood, often are treated with stem ...

Credit: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US Dept. of Energy Transportation--Going with the flow Self-driving cars promise to keep traffic moving ...