Maternal diet during pregnancy may modulate the risk of ADHD symptoms in children
Association found between omega-6:omega-3 ratio in the umbilical cord and the appearance of ADHD symptoms The results of a study led by a team from...
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Virtual reality could be used to treat autism
Playing games in virtual reality (VR) could be a key tool in treating people with neurological disorders such as autism, schizophrenia and Parkinson's disease. The...
The bigger the evolutionary jump, the more lethal cross-species diseases could be
Some diseases which are fatal in one species can cause only mild discomfort in another--but it's hard for scientists to predict how lethal a disease...
Cities under pressure
Cities to swelter as planners face unenviable trade-off between tackling climate change and quality of life, new research has shown. Cities to swelter as planners...
The Lancet Infectious Diseases: Low levels of public trust during violent conflict may have thwarted attempts to control Ebola
A quarter of people surveyed during active 2018 Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo believed the virus was not real, and would not...
Data flows from NASA’s TESS Mission, leads to discovery of Saturn-sized planet
Credit: Illustration by Gabriel Perez Diaz, Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias AMES, Iowa - Astronomers who study stars are providing a valuable assist to the...
Dramatic housing transformation in sub-Saharan Africa revealed for first time
Improved housing estimated to have doubled between 2000 and 2015 but nearly 50 percent of the urban population still living in slum conditions Using state-of-the-art...
Fulvestrant plus anastrozole extends lives of women with advanced HR+ breast cancer
Credit: UC Irvine Women with metastatic hormone receptor-positive breast cancer live longer when they receive a combination of two anti-estrogen drugs, fulvestrant and anastrozole, compared...
Gene transfer improves diabetes-linked heart ailment
Credit: Kevin Walsh Researchers with the VA San Diego Healthcare System and the University of California San Diego have shown that a gene transfer technique...
Sepsis study to focus on genes in quest for treatments
Scientists say the study could help identify those most vulnerable to sepsis, which kills more than 50,000 people in the UK each year and is...
Georgia State to establish prevention research center focused on migrant health
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded Georgia State University a five-year, $3.75 million grant to establish a Prevention Research Center (PRC)...
New cryptic bird species discovered
Credit: Subir Shakya, LSU In the lush, lowland rainforests on the island of Borneo lives a rather common, drab brown bird called the Cream-vented Bulbul,...
Adhesive formed from bee spit and flower oil could form basis of new glues
Credit: Evan Atkinson Honey bees spend hours each day collecting pollen and packing it into tidy bundles attached to their hind legs. But all of...
Birds bug out over coffee
Research on coffee farm habitats can help both fowl and farmersCredit: University of Delaware/ Doug Tallamy and Desirée Narango Coffee grown under a tree canopy...
RIT faculty earns award to study how to help more students become scientists, engineers
Study will assess how experiential learning improves interest, retention and career preparation A Rochester Institute of Technology professor has earned a prestigious National Science Foundation...
