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Credit: WWU/Jörn Scharsack Parasites which are passed on via the food chain often influence the behaviour of their host to their own benefit. One example...

Credit: Osaka University Osaka - Life is driven by molecular machines. Found in every cell, these tiny motors convert chemical energy into work to keep...

Our indulgence in delicious but unhealthful food may not necessarily reveal a character flaw. Rather, our ability to exercise self-control is linked to our neurobiology,...

When researchers looked at expression of a particular gene complex that is activated by chronic stress, they found differences depending on whether someone was positively...

Obesity is the plague of our times. Some 80 percent of obese people will develop Type 2 diabetes at some point in their lives, and...

For the first time in the world, researchers at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have demonstrated that probiotics, dietary supplements with health-promoting bacteria, can be...

Credit: Jenny Dunn Young turtle doves raised on a diet of seeds from non-cultivated arable plants are more likely to survive after fledging than those...

Credit: N. Adly / TUM Microelectrodes can be used for direct measurement of electrical signals in the brain or heart. These applications require soft materials,...

Credit: Chris Kassotis, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. - Exposure to fracking chemicals and wastewater promotes fat cell development, or adipogenesis, in living cells in a...

Credit: Phil Jones, AU Senior Photographer AUGUSTA, Ga. (June 21, 2018) - Oxidative stress can help tumors thrive, but one way novel cancer treatments work...

Saint-Genis-Pouilly, France, June 22, 2018 - Advanced Accelerator Applications S.A. (AAA), a Novartis company and leader in nuclear medicine theragnostics, today announced that the first...

Eating foods high in salt is known to contribute to high blood pressure, but does that linear relationship extend to increased risk of cardiovascular disease...

Credit: Courtesy Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center. The first comprehensive study comparing the outcomes of robotic surgery to those of traditional open surgery in any organ...

Credit: University of Delaware/ Photo illustration by Jeffrey Chase When University of Delaware molecular biologist Adam Marsh was studying the DNA of worms living in...

In contrast to most antidepressant medications, which can take several weeks to reduce depressive symptoms, ketamine -- a commonly used veterinary anesthetic -- can lift...