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Credit: University of British Columbia Biochemical reactions that cause Alzheimer's disease could begin in the womb or just after birth if the fetus or newborn...

Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Treating head and neck cancer patients with a twice-daily radiation therapy combined with chemotherapy could save more lives, according to new research...

Loading video... Credit: Tufts University MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. (Jan. 27, 2017) - Scientists from Tufts University's School of Arts and Sciences, the Allen Discovery Center at...

A large-scale, population based study led by Dr. Laurent Azoulay, Senior Investigator with the Lady Davis Institute at the Jewish General Hospital, has concluded that...

WASHINGTON, DC - The American Geophysical Union (AGU) wrote to federal agency heads on January 26, expressing concern over recent reports about violations of scientific...

A large-scale, population based study led by Dr. Laurent Azoulay, Senior Investigator with the Lady Davis Institute at the Jewish General Hospital, has concluded that...

Credit: Vavourakis et al. Mechanical pressure caused by cancer growth plays a key role in the development and distribution of blood vessels in tumors, according...

The stem cells that proliferate the most in response to damage caused by cigarette smoke repair their DNA using a process prone to errors, setting...

Credit: Rossi et al. Researchers have shown that looking at movements of operators and vehicles between farms in the same way we look at contacts...

Credit: Greg Asner Stanford, CA--New remote sensing maps of the forest canopy in Peru test the strength of current forest protections and identify new regions...

Credit: Harry Klee, University of Florida Genetic analyses have revealed which genes are needed to reinstate the rich, original flavor of tomatoes, now absent in...

What's wrong with the supermarket tomato? Consumers say they lack flavor, so a University of Florida researcher led a global team on a mission to...

Credit: ©Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, Jan. 26, 2017--To explain why so many people in developed countries are chronically overfed, tend to...

Credit: UC Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Like humans, insects go through puberty. The process is known as metamorphosis. Examples include caterpillars turning into butterflies and...

Credit: R. Dias and I.F. Silvera For more than 80 years, it has been predicted that hydrogen will adopt metallic properties under certain conditions, and...