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Survey of fishers finds impacts of 2016 cyclone resulted in fewer mud crabs and less local consumption of catchCredit: Yashika Nand-WCS A newly published study...

December 21, 2018 - At least for brief periods, overlapping surgery is safe for patients undergoing outpatient or "same-day" orthopaedic surgery procedures, reports a study...

Credit: Raiza Segundo, STRI While examining a skull from an ancient burial ground in a pre-Columbian village in Panama, Nicole Smith-Guzmán, bioarchaeologist at the Smithsonian...

Research carried out by scientists at the University of Southampton has shown that simple tests in GP surgeries could potentially double the diagnosis rate of...

Credit: Photo courtesy Max Allen/Erik Olson/Tim Van Deelen CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Researchers placed 160 cameras on 19 of the 22 Apostle Islands in northern Wisconsin...

Credit: Irvine Ranch Conservancy Fragmentation of wildlife populations is increasing on a global scale, and understanding current genetic structure, genetic diversity and genetic connectivity is...

High blood sugar during pregnancy is associated with congenital heart defects Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most common birth defect. And even with remarkable...

Credit: Credit: NJIT/Johns Hopkins. Bats and dolphins emit sound waves to sense their surroundings; like a battery, electric fish generate electricity to help them detect...

Bottom Line: A unique opportunity made it feasible for uninsured patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) who received emergency-only dialysis in Dallas, Texas, to enroll in...

Biocompatible sensor could be used in diagnostics, therapeutics, human-computer interfaces, and virtual realityCredit: (Image/video courtesy of Siyi Xu, Daniel M. Vogt, and Andreas W. Rousing/Harvard...

Credit: Insilico Medicine Friday, December 21, 2018 - Insilico Medicine, a Rockville-based company developing the end-to-end drug discovery pipeline utilizing the next generation artificial intelligence,...

Hundreds of new genes linked to blindness and other vision disorders have been identified in a screen of mouse strains. Many of these genes are...

In the largest genetic analysis of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) performed to date, an international consortium, including researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at...

The origins of gender inequality Sociologists at the Higher school of economics showed that preschool education has its own hidden curriculum: kindergarten teachers transmit social...

New research has identified the factors that enable people with dementia and their carers to live as well as possible New research has identified the...