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ITHACA, N.Y. - As if people living with diabetes didn't have enough health concerns, here's another: increased risk of metastatic cancer. New Cornell University research...

BROOKLYN, New York, Wednesday, May 1, 2019 - A new review of studies on levels of urban exposure to airborne pollutants and their effects on...

East Asia, South Asia and South East Asia regions bear the greatest burdenCredit: Photo by Dean Saffron, courtesy of Brien Holden Vision Institute 538 million...

Expansion of oil palm production in remote forest areas requires careful planning and evaluation if the communities are to benefit, according to a report by...

Credit: Joe Insely, Silvio Rizzi and HACC Team/Argonne National Laboratory Computing--Virtual universes Using Summit, the world's most powerful supercomputer housed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory,...

Integrative and Comparative Biology publishes paper by Hamilton's Cynthia Downs and Colgate University's Ana Jimenez Clinton, N.Y. - Why do birds typically live longer than...

Credit: American Chemical Society Many people fondly remember playing with toys known as Shrinky Dinks® -- sheets of polystyrene plastic with shapes that kids can...

Seasonal gaps in the supply of nectar from wildflowers could be leaving bees hungry at times when food is needed mostCredit: Tom Timberlake For the...

DOE NETL funding research of gas leak detection using infrared cameras on dronesCredit: Southwest Research Institute SAN ANTONIO -- May 1, 2019 -- A Southwest...

Long before scientists test new medicines in animals or people, they study the effects of the substances on cells growing in Petri dishes. However, a...

Optical fibers, ultra-high-field MRIs enable scientists to view brain connections Scientists have discovered a new method for quickly and efficiently mapping the vast network of...

New Jersey has naloxone 'deserts' in high-risk areas for opioid overdoses People living in the most populous, low-income areas in New Jersey with the highest...

UK researchers achieve 100 percent recognition rates for half and three-quarter faces Facial recognition technology works even when only half a face is visible, researchers...

Climate change could affect occurrences of diseases like bird-flu and Ebola, with environmental factors playing a larger role than previously understood in animal-to-human disease transfer....

Credit: Courtesy Advanced Computing Center, The University of Texas at Austin RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. (May 1, 2019) - Army research is the first to...