Heatwave and climate change having negative impact on our soil say experts
The recent heatwave and drought could be having a deeper, more negative effect on soil than we first realised say ...
A breakthrough for understanding GBM: Origin cells for deadly brain tumors identified
Credit: KAIST A new study by KAIST researchers identified where the mutation causing glioblastoma starts. According to the study, neural ...
Clothing, furniture also to blame for ocean and freshwater pollution
Think summer holidays and you'll likely call up images of a beautiful beach or a glittering blue lake. But more ...
Key piece identified for slowing a colorectal cancer subtype
Inhibiting the Jagged 1 protein in mice prevents the proliferation and growth of colon and rectal tumours. What is more, ...
New study shows smoking can affect breastfeeding habits
Credit: UBC Okanagan Researchers have determined that new mothers exposed to cigarette smoke in their homes, stop breastfeeding sooner than ...
Safety claims up in smoke
In direct contradiction to marketing efforts claiming that hookah (water pipe) smoking is less hazardous to health than cigarettes, a ...
Insilico to present at the 2nd Annual Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain in Healthcare Forum
Credit: Insilico Medicine Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018, Rockville, MD - Insilico Medicine, a Rockville-based company specializing in the application of ...
Tropical forest seeds use three strategies to survive
Credit: Rodrigo Aragua/AFP The oldest living seeds found on Earth germinated after resting more than 30,000 years in Arctic soils. ...
Big-data study pinpoints more than 150 genes associated with atrial fibrillation
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Drawing on genomic data from more than one million individuals, researchers from the University of Michigan ...
New light shed on relationship between calorie-burning fat and muscle function
Credit: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center BOSTON - Abundant in human babies and small mammals, brown adipose tissue (BAT), or ...
Insulin resistance under-diagnosed in non-diabetics with Parkinson’s disease
Amsterdam, NL, August 2, 2018 - Almost two-thirds of non-diabetic patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) may be insulin resistant, despite ...
Novel PET imaging method could track and guide therapy for type 1 diabetes
Credit: J Bini et al., Yale University, New Haven, CT. RESTON, VA - Researchers have discovered a new nuclear medicine ...
The US has experienced a spike in violent and unintentional injuries
AURORA, Colo. (Aug. 2, 2018) - The U.S. has experienced a disturbing increase in violent and unintentional injuries over the ...
Researchers estimate higher death toll from Hurricane Maria than previously thought
The number of people who died as a result of Hurricane Maria -- which hit Puerto Rico on September 20, ...
Lung cancer screening guidelines inadequate for high-risk minorities
Credit: UIC Data from a lung cancer screening program at the University of Illinois at Chicago provides evidence that national ...
ERS partners with 3D Systems/Simbionix on simulation technology for EBUS training
The European Respiratory Society (ERS) and 3D Systems have signed a collaboration agreement to provide simulation equipment and event services ...
Obamacare relieved financial strain of those closest to the federal poverty line
The Affordable Care Act - or Obamacare - most benefitted those closest to the federal poverty line, a study led ...
pH imbalance in brain cells may contribute to Alzheimer’s disease
Credit: Hari Prasad Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists say they have found new evidence in lab-grown mouse brain cells, called astrocytes, ...
Study reveals early warning signs of heart problems in patients with newly diagnosed lupus
Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of death in patients with lupus, a systemic autoimmune disease. In a new study ...
Map of a billion brain links reveals clues about how we think
Scientists have created an elaborate map of more than a billion brain cell connections, helping to shed light on how ...
