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A new study indicates that patients with alcohol-related liver cancer often do not live as long as patients with liver ...

‘Fog harp’ increases collection capacity for clean water

Credit: Virginia Tech Fog harvesting may look like whimsical work. After all, installing giant nets along hillsides and mountaintops to ...

Decade of fossil collecting gives new perspective on Triassic period, emergence of dinosaurs

Credit: Christian Sidor/University of Washington After a great mass extinction shook the world about 252 million years ago, animal life ...

Ragweed casts shade on soy production

Credit: Amit Jhala Ragweed, its pollen potent to allergy sufferers, might be more than a source of sneezes. In the ...

Mandatory nutrition policies may impact sugar consumption

Mandatory nutrition policies could be a valuable tool in helping high school students to lower their sugar intake, a University ...

Surgeons transform static ‘Mona Lisa’ smiles to joyous ones

Credit: Kofi Bohene By modifying a muscle transplant operation, Johns Hopkins surgeons report they are able to restore authentic facial ...

Genes in songbirds hold clues about human speech disorders, UCLA biologists report

Credit: Reed Hutchinson/UCLA Insights into how songbirds learn to sing provide promising clues about human speech disorders and may lead ...

Genome does not like to excessively change in male germ cells

UA researcher receives $1.65 million grant for innovative technique to assess traumatic brain injury

Credit: UA College of Medicine - Phoenix A scientist at the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix has ...

Mental health issues linked to risky driving in newly licensed teens

March 27, 2018 - Mental health symptoms related to attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and conduct disorder are associated with increased ...

The connection between diet, obesity, and cancer: Nutrition experts explore the evidence

Credit: Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Philadelphia, March 27, 2018 - About one third of cancer cases ...

How do snakes eat live crabs? By being finicky diners

Credit: Bruce Jayne/UC Anyone who has sat down to a summer crab feast knows how hard, messy and delicious they ...

Vagus nerve stimulation boosts post-stroke motor skill recovery

Credit: University of Texas at Dallas Researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas have demonstrated a method to accelerate ...

New device uses biochemistry techniques to detect rare radioactive decays

Credit: UTA UTA researchers are leading an international team developing a new device that could enable physicists to take the ...

2018 Canada Gairdner Awards recognize world-renowned scientists

TORONTO, ON (March 27, 2018) - The Gairdner Foundation is pleased to announce the 2018 Canada Gairdner Award laureates, recognizing ...

New research shows how submarine groundwater affects coral reef growth

Credit: Florybeth La Valle, HIMB/ UH SOEST Groundwater that seeps into the coastal zone beneath the ocean's surface--termed submarine groundwater ...

Are we quantum computers?

Much has been made of quantum computing processes using ultracold atoms and ions, superconducting junctions and defects in diamonds, but ...

Detection of transcranial direct current stimulation deep in the living human brain

Credit: Medical University of South Carolina A defining characteristic of stroke is the loss of motor control due to structural ...

UCLA-designed program helps former HIV-positive inmates maintain health after release from jail

Credit: Mike Fricano/UCLA After years of public health efforts, health care at the Los Angeles County Jail has significantly improved, ...

University of Cincinnati researcher receives US patent for potential COPD treatment