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Boston Medical Center is now generating much of its own electricity and heat through a natural gas-fired, 2 megawatt combined heat and power plant (CHP,...

Credit: Masahiro Yoshimoto Nagoya, Japan - A Nagoya University-led team reveals the mechanisms behind different earthquakes at a plate boundary on the west coast of...

Credit: University of Konstanz In nature, bacteria occur mostly in multi-cellular collectives, rather than as individuals. They are capable of coordinating their behaviour, with some...

Credit: Dr. Nadya Velikova Antimicrobial resistance is a major societal problem as there are resistant bacteria to any antibiotic available, and they spread across countries...

Wednesday, April 26, 2017, London, UK - The Biogerontology Research Foundation, a registered UK charity today announced that its Chief Science Officer will chair the...

A highly sensitive method that can detect even the earlier stages of colorectal cancer has been developed by researchers in Japan. Shimadzu Corporation, the Kobe...

Contrary to popular perception, a new study by Boston University professor Christopher Salas- Wright finds that youth violence is declining--and at noteworthy rates. Between 2002...

Tiny particles in air pollution have been associated with cardiovascular disease, which can lead to premature death. But how particles inhaled into the lungs can...

Add another typical component of the Italian way of life to the long list of foods characterizing one of the most healthy populations in the...

Nanodiamonds - synthetic industrial diamonds only a few nanometers in size - have recently attracted considerable attention because of the potential they offer for the...

Biologists at the University of California San Diego have demonstrated for the first time that a widely used pesticide can significantly impair the ability of...

Credit: University of Basel, Transfaculty Research Platform Molecular and Cognitive Neurosciences The body's immune system performs essential functions, such as defending against bacteria and ..

Credit: Cincinnati Children's CINCINNATI - Scientists write in Nature Communications it may be possible to therapeutically fine tune a constantly shifting balance of molecular signals...

WASHINGTON (April 26, 2017)--A new study examining medical provider attitudes toward prescribing PrEP to prevent HIV found that those who already prescribe it do not...

(Aarhus University) Newborn humpback whales 'whisper' to their mothers to avoid being overheard by killer whales, researchers have discovered. The recordings -- the first obtained...