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Young adults get more pleasure from smoking cigarettes while they are drinking alcohol than they do while using marijuana, according to a new UC San...

Saturated fat is a prime suspect in the onset of osteoarthritis after QUT scientists found it changed the composition of cartilage, particularly in the weight-bearing...

Credit: Image provided by Dr. Katherine Gentry Birds sing differently in response to traffic noise, which potentially affects their ability to attract mates and defend...

The commonly used antibiotic azithromycin is not linked to an increased risk of ventricular arrhythmia, an often life-threatening rapid, irregular heartbeat, according to a large...

AURORA, Colo. (April 18, 2017) - Cannabinoids contain anti-inflammatory properties that could make them useful in the treatment of a wide-range of skin diseases, according...

Researchers are embarking on a major collaboration to characterise Colombia's plant and animal life, from densely rich cloud forests to little-seen museum collections. International research...

Credit: COPYRIGHT (C) TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. A research group, including Emeritus Professor Tsuneo Nitta, Professor Junsei Horikawa, and Assistant Professor Shunji...

Credit: UT Arlington Nanotechnology, including nanomedicine and nanomaterials, is an increasingly important tool in the treatment of many diseases, and a new grant will allow...

Credit: Ben Corwin, UK Research Communications LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 17, 2017) - The University of Kentucky was recently awarded a prestigious Centers of Biomedical Research...

Credit: Photo courtesy of Vanderbilt University Medical Center When you eat salty food, you get thirsty and drink water. Right? Maybe in the short-term, but...

Harvard physicists have created a new form of matter - dubbed a time crystal - which could offer important insights into the mysterious behavior of...

Loading video... Credit: Marvin Altamia Our world seems to grow smaller by the day as biodiversity rapidly dwindles, but Mother Earth still has a surprise...

Credit: Penn State Cover crops long have been touted for their ability to reduce erosion, fix atmospheric nitrogen, reduce nitrogen leaching and improve soil health,...

HOUSTON - (April 17, 2017) - New research by management and organizational behavior experts at Rice University's Jones Graduate School of Business finds that gourmet...

Credit: UW-Madison/James Runde MADISON, Wisconsin -- In the Microbial Sciences Building at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the incredibly efficient eating habits of a fungus-cultivating termit..