Foetuses with a so-called new balanced chromosomal aberration have a higher risk of developing brain disorders such as autism and mental retardation than previously anticipated....
Credit: EPFL It's a whole new way of thinking about sensors. The tiny fibers developed at EPFL are made of elastomer and can incorporate materials...
Researchers have identified a type of genetic aberration to be the cause of certain neurodevelopmental disorders and congenital diseases, such as autism and congenital heart...
Paris, France - 25 May 2018: Heart doctors from the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Council on Stroke are calling on national health authorities for...
College Park, MD -- In an effort to sustain and educate the next generation of food safety experts in the United States, Dr. Bob Buchanan...
Credit: UNIST The Graduate School of Creative Design Engineering at UNIST has once again received global recognition for its design excellence at the 65th annual...
MINNEAPOLIS --May 25, 2018--Earlier this month, Minneapolis-based non-profit Be The Match® was presented the Innovative Programs award at the 2018 Institute for Healthcare Advancement (IHA)...
Credit: Buchberger team Toxic substances, nutrient shortage, viral infection, heat and many other events trigger stress responses in cells. In such cases, the affected cells...
Scientists have found a connection between bacteria in the gut and antitumor immune responses in the liver. Their study, published May 25 in Science, was...
Credit: Adam Levine Data from the 2014 Ebola virus outbreak at two Sierra Leone facilities reveal daily usage rates for disinfectant and personal protective equipment,...
All plants require an adequate supply of inorganic nutrients, such as fixed nitrogen (usually in the form of ammonia or nitrate), for growth. A special...
Credit: Georgia Ward-Fear Boldness correlates with the mating success, but not body size or sex, of yellow-spotted monitor lizards roaming the remote Oombulgurri floodplains of...
Understanding the evolution of a 400 million-year-old anti-viral protein that first emerged in marine life, is helping researchers get the upper-hand on human immunodeficiency virus...
Credit: Annegret Grimm-Seyfarth, UFZ The world of reptiles may well include creatures that are more spectacular than the Gehyra variegata, but nevertheless, this small nocturnal...
Credit: Photo courtesy UTIA. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - In Africa as well as across other continents, several indigenous crop species have the potential to become foods...
