Researchers from a group led by ETH professor Martin Loessner discovered a few years ago that rod-shaped Listeria can become ...

(Queen's University Belfast) A Queen's University Belfast expert is leading a €4m international initiative to investigate whether natural toxins and ...

Scientists have discovered that a gene found in the common fruit fly can be successfully expressed in a plant and ...

Blood poisoning is still fatal in more than 50% of cases, but can be cured if treated at an early ...

New study urges people to be more body vigilant to improve early cancer diagnosis rates. Over a quarter of patients ...

HOUSTON - (Dec. 6, 2016) - Misfolded proteins associated with Parkinson's disease were detected in cerebrospinal fluid by scientists at ...

The research project to be carried out by Tobias Koch will be within the UC3M Signal Theory and Communications Department, ...

The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) congratulates Dresden-based construction engineer Professor Dr.-Ing. Manfred Curbach on winning the 2016 Deutscher ...

Credit: ReadCube and ZooKeys While research outputs are being published at a rate greater than ever, it is becoming more ...

Credit: Screenshot: University of Base Before an operation, surgeons have to obtain the most precise image possible of the anatomical ...

Greater weight increases the likelihood of night sweats and hot flashes during early stages of the menopause transition but reduces ...

Credit: Imaging CoE Every 18 seconds someone dies from tuberculosis (TB). It is the world's most deadly infectious disease. Mycobacterium ...

Credit: UBC New moms are increasingly using expressed breast milk (either pumped or expressed by hand) instead of directly breastfeeding ...

The hip fracture risk factors are generally similar among those with and without Alzheimer's disease, according to a recent study ...

Credit: (Kyoto University, Takahashi/Tadokoro) Kyoto, Japan -- With a little help from chickens and video cameras, scientists have captured live ...

Credit: Stuart Hay, ANU Scientists at The Australian National University (ANU) have designed a nano crystal around 500 times smaller ...

Credit: Kiyonobu Nagaya, Department of Physics, Kyoto University Researchers at Japan's Tohoku University are investigating novel ways by which electrons ...

Credit: NITech Nagoya, Japan--Glasses are amorphous (non-crystalline) solids that are widely used in everyday life and in technological instruments. It ...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6, 2016 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced ...

Credit: American Chemical Society Bisphenol-A (BPA), parabens and antimicrobials are widely used in personal care products and plastics. The U.S. ...