Researchers have discovered differences in fat cells that could potentially identify people predisposed to metabolic diseases such as diabetes and fatty liver disease. The world-first...
The decision to explore is swayed by a distinctive type of neuron, UCSF researchers discover in a mouse model of human anxiety MEDIA AVAILABLE: Images...
ITHACA, N.Y. - Blockchains have been hailed as fair and open, constructed so a single user can't falsify or alter records because they're all part...
When a mother is exposed to intimate partner violence during pregnancy, her children are less likely to suffer depression, and PTSD symptoms if they live...
Credit: Provided by Rosaura Orengo-Aguayo Psychologists from the Medical University of South Carolina have just published one of the largest post-disaster screening projects in U.S....
EU-funded Horizon 2020 project HOMED supports the development of an early-warning tool for quarantine trees and ornamental plants in EuropeCredit: HOMED Seeking to prevent the...
Credit: Hannah Miller/UC Davis A parasitic amoeba that causes severe gut disease in humans protects itself from attack by biting off pieces of host cells...
Credit: Carolyn Gibson, University of Guelph PhD student A "sleeping giant" hidden in permafrost soils in Canada and other northern regions worldwide will have important...
The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) announced today that more than 100 organizations across the U.S. have joined NAM in declaring their commitment to reversing...
A unifying theory explaining how bacteria spread in the form of swarms and biofilms adds to our understanding of the behaviour of microbial communities A...
New study finds both schedule, activity level changes in normal full-term pregnanciesCredit: Image: Syda Productions, via Shutterstock Add this to the list of what to...
May lead to gender-specific treatment (Boston)--Compared to alcoholic women, alcoholic men have more diminished brain activity in areas responsible for emotional processing (limbic regions including...
New study of brain neurotransmitter receptor has implications for drug discovery Surprisingly complex movements in an important neurotransmitter receptor may help explain the brain's unpredictable...
Credit: Graphic courtesy Yan Li CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Recent flooding in the Midwest has brought attention to the complex agricultural problems associated with too much...
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Sleep and exercise are vital to the wellbeing of new parents, but these essentials affect new moms differently than new dads,...
