Credit: Georg Mair/Vetmeduni Vienna Usutu virus, a flavivirus of African origin, was first detected in Austria in 2001, when it ...

Credit: Smithsonian Institution Jellyfish sting swimmers, clog fishing nets, and in high numbers can close beaches. But despite their nuisance ...

Researchers investigating whether liquid water could exist on Mars have provided new insight into the limits of life on the ...

McGill University researchers have discovered a cellular mechanism that may contribute to the breakdown of communication between neurons in Alzheimer's ...

Researchers at Nanjing University and their collaborators have found that NatD, which mediates N-alpha-terminal acetylation (Nt-acetylation) of histone H4, promotes ...

Scientists have shown that ocean clams and worms are releasing a significant amount of potentially harmful greenhouse gas into the ...

People who are overweight cut their life expectancy by two months for every extra kilogramme of weight they carry, research ...

A new study into the genetics underlying restless legs syndrome has identified 13 previously-unknown genetic risk variants, while helping inform ...

Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer. CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- By mimicking the eye of the mantis shrimp, Illinois researchers have ...

Led by Jean-Christophe Marine (VIB-KU Leuven), a team of researchers has tracked down the cellular origin of cutaneous melanoma, the ...

A drug isolated from a marine pest holds promise for treating some of the world's nastiest diseases, and researchers would ...

In the first study of its kind, an international team of genomics researchers has identified new regions of the human ...

Credit: Keck School of Medicine of USC/Linya Wang A Keck School of Medicine of USC research team has identified how ...

Credit: Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) Worcester, Mass. - They call it the "hairy ball." It's an unflattering name for two-dimensional ...

Credit: Artwork by Kate Isenberg (www.kateisenberg.com) PHILADELPHIA --The fundamental mechanisms governing how cells form an identity such as becoming a ...

October 12, 2017, Cleveland: Back-to-back discoveries from Cleveland Clinic demonstrate for the first time how a testosterone-related genetic abnormality can ...

Retinoblastoma is a tumor of the retina that generally affects children under 5 years of age. If not diagnosed early, ...

A new study by American Cancer Society investigators finds workers at organizations with fewer than 25 employees are less likely ...

Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center A major national effort to expand the reach of cancer immunotherapy to benefit more patients ...

Credit: University of Houston It's the conversation no one wants to have, but talking to patients and their families about ...