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Washington, D.C. (May 22, 2018) -- Ingestion of a blue dye tablet during bowel prep for colonoscopy could be a significant advance in the early...

Among organ transplant patients, those receiving new lungs face a higher rate of organ failure and death compared with people undergoing heart, kidney and liver...

Credit: Allison Johnson Cooperation among different species of birds is common. Some birds build their nests near those of larger, more aggressive species to deter...

Credit: University of Extremadura A molecular study carried out on the chestnut gall wasp, Dryocosmus kuriphilus, has revealed the absence of genetic variability in this...

Each time a blood vessel splits into smaller vessels, red blood cells (RBCs) are presented with the same decision: Take the left capillary or the...

Credit: Geoffrey Abbott, University of California, Irvine Researchers at the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine have discovered the first example of a novel...

A compound found in citrus oils could help alleviate dry mouth caused by radiation therapy in head and neck cancer patients, according to a new...

GALVESTON, Texas - A collaborative research team has uncovered new information that more accurately explains how cancerous tumors grow within the body. This study is...

Credit: IPC PAS, Grzegorz Krzyzewski Smog is a problem. But the knowledge about its constituents - no longer. Researchers from several leading Warsaw scientific institutions...

Credit: NASA Freshwater shortages are projected to increase in our hotter and more crowded future. Already, 150 countries desalinate seawater, using fossil fuels. But supplying...

Credit: Sandra Leander As humans, we know that some of our activities can cause cancer to develop in our bodies. Smoking, poor diets, pollution, chemicals...

While humans can only broadcast about one percent of their vocal power through their speech, some animals and mammals are able to broadcast 100 percent....

Landmark paper sets out 'unified theory' for cause of childhood leukaemia - and finds it is likely to be preventable Disease develops in two steps:...

New York (May 21) -- A study conducted by researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public...

The evolutionary path of the deadliest human malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, has been revealed for the first time. This parasite is a member of a...