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WORCESTER, MA - A father's nicotine use may have a significant impact on children's risk of some diseases. In a study published in the online...

Credit: Gil Costa A new study in mice shows that increasing serotonin, one of the major mediators of brain communication, affects motivation - but only...

Credit: Graphic: Sonja Lorenz The small protein ubiquitin regulates a plethora of physiological and pathophysiological processes in the human body. It lives up to its...

Women who participate in obstetric and gynaecology clinical trials experience improved health outcomes compared to those who are not involved in trials, according to research...

With just over two months to go until The International Liver Congress™ (ILC) 2017, it's time to register for your seat! The 52nd Annual Congress...

Credit: UBC University of British Columbia researchers have developed a magnetic drug implant--the first of its kind in Canada--that could offer an alternative for patients...

Taking one-fourth the standard dose of a widely used drug for prostate cancer with a low-fat breakfast can be as effective - and four times...

(Stanford's School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences ) By using high-res images taken by the latest generation of compact satellites, Stanford scientists have developed...

Credit: UC Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif. (http://www.ucr.edu) -- How plant cells divide and how that contributes to plant growth has been one of the longstanding unsolved...

Credit: University of Minnesota A breakthrough trial at the University of Minnesota testing a new UMN-developed drug resulted in improved survival rates for dogs diagnosed...

The butt of jokes as little as 10 years ago, automatic speech recognition is now on the verge of becoming people's chief means of interacting...

Credit: Cheng Sun A tiny, transparent device that can fit into a contact lens has a bright future, potentially helping a range of scientific endeavors...

February 13, 2017 (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada) - A machine learning algorithm designed to teach computers how to recognize photos, speech patterns, and hand-written digits has...

Credit: Credit: Dominik Oberthuer, CFEL/DESY An international team of scientists has used high-intensity X-ray pulses to determine the structure of the crystalline protein envelope of...

Credit: Lisa Kulick PITTSBURGH -- Carmel Majidi and Jonathan Malen of Carnegie Mellon University have developed a thermally conductive rubber material that represents a breakthrough...