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Credit: The University of Queensland University of Queensland microbiologist Emeritus Professor John Fuerst has a new bacterial genus (a group of related organisms) named in...

"Best before", "usable at least until" and "expiry date" – those are the Danish shelf life labels used in connection with food. In 2012 a...

Credit: Kent State University The center of a public health debate is whether parents should have their children vaccinated. Tara Smith, Ph.D., professor of epidemiology...

Credit: N/A In efforts to develop new treatments for brain cancer, scientists from Johns Hopkins Drug Discovery and the Kimmel Cancer Center's Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for...

Credit: CSIRO Legumes are a food group rich in B vitamins, contain different beneficial minerals (calcium, potassium and magnesium) and sizeable amounts of fibre and...

COLUMBIA, Mo. (May 24, 2016) — While many people view Memorial Day weekend as the unofficial start of the summer grilling season, they may not...

Credit: Kent State University Physical activity is essential to fighting obesity, and scientists are constantly working to make this activity more effective and beneficial. A...

IMAGE: This is Sidony, a much older resident female who had a history of aggressive interaction with Kondor. Credit: Anna Marzec Researchers have for the...

AMHERST, Mass. – A new analysis of maternal mortality worldwide conducted by the United Nations inter-agency group on maternal mortality estimation, with lead statistician Leontine...

Credit: American College of Emergency Physicians WASHINGTON — Despite standard use for the itching associated with urticaria (commonly known as hives), prednisone (a steroid) offered...

Army medical research funding has supported the development of innovative technologies to assist injured Service members and improve their quality of life. For example, advances...

According to a new study by The University of Texas at Austin, increasing the diversity of pollinator species, including bees, flies and butterflies, can dramatically...

Credit: Ogasawara S., Duration control of protein expression in vivo by light-mediated reversible activation of translation. ACS Chemical Biology, Jan 4, 2017. A Hokkaido University...

Credit: Pelliccia et al., 2017. A new study indicates an essential role for a maternally inherited gene in embryonic development. The study found that zebrafish...

PHILADELPHIA – More than 375,000 American each year experience a heart attack, during which blood flow to a part of the heart is impeded by...