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Credit: Courtesy of Dinesh Kumar and Ms. Poonam Zham of the 'Affordable diagnostics' group in RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia Researchers in Australia asked volunteers to...

The bottle brush, with its long stalk and dense spray of plastic bristles, is the unsung hero of kitchens everywhere, fitting through the narrow necks...

Heart failure is a common endpoint for many cardiovascular diseases. This syndrome is characterized by reduced cardiac output that leads to dyspnea, exercise intolerance and...

This news release is available in German. Stem cells have two important capabilities: they can develop into a wide range of cell types and simultaneously...

Credit: The University of Gothenburg Obesity surgery has proven to be just as effective for teenagers as for adults. Five years on, those who underwent...

Credit: University of Michigan Health System ANN ARBOR, Mich. – "Why does a 30-year-old hit their foot against the curb in the parking lot and...

Credit: Pedro Cardoso In 1999, a long-term biodiversity project started at the Azores Islands (Portugal, Atlantic Ocean), the Biodiversity of Arthropods from the Laurisilva of...

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, September 27, 2017-Pharmaceutical companies developing Orphan Drugs are increasingly partnering with direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic test..

From middle-age, the brains of obese individuals display differences in white matter similar to those in lean individuals ten years their senior, according to new...

Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Jan. 10, 2018) – Paneth cells are like an internal antibiotic that eliminates unwanted microbes that...

IMAGE: Graph shows the location of the genetic effect for the gene FOXC1. Credit: NEIGHBORHOOD Consortium Researchers from Massachusetts Eye and Ear/Harvard Medical School and...

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, August 14, 2017–What factors determine nomophobia, otherwise known as smartphone separation anxiety, and what behaviors and...

Raising maggots may not sound glamorous, but that doesn't mean it's not important. In the latest issue of the Journal of Insect Science, Paola Lahuatte,...

Credit: Photo credit 2015 CSSA photo contest submission. Most people are aware of open-source computer programs. These free programs, accessible by anyone, spread technology to...

Global climate change, international travel, and ineffective vector control programs are aiding the emergence of infectious diseases globally. The currently expanding Zika virus (ZIKV) epidemic...