Researchers find brief, intense stair climbing is a practical way to boost fitness
Credit: JD Howell, McMaster University There are no more excuses for being out of shape. Researchers at McMaster University have found that short, intense bursts...
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Zika virus damages placenta, which may explain malformed babies
Credit: OHSU PORTLAND, Oregon – Though the Zika virus is widely known for a recent outbreak that caused children to be born with microencephaly, or...
Undergraduates develop tools to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease…
Credit: University of Maryland COLLEGE PARK, Md. – A team of seven University of Maryland A. James Clark School of Engineering undergraduates earned the top...
A bridge to breathing
Credit: Randal McKenzie Illustrations PITTSBURGH (February 6, 2017) … Acute and chronic lung diseases are the most life-threatening causes of hospitalization and death among young...
Yoga and meditation improve brain function and energy levels
Practicing brief sessions of Hatha yoga and mindfulness meditation can significantly improve brain function and energy levels, according to a new study from the University...
Study: Regulators should not consider ‘lost pleasure’ of quitting smoking
Credit: Georgia State University Federal officials considering new regulations on tobacco products should give more weight to the fact that a majority of smokers are...
New insights into the tumor metabolism
Credit: Andreas Heddergott / Technical University of Munich Tumors, inflammation and circulatory disorders locally disturb the body's acid-base balance. These changes in pH value could...
Gene that enables memories, sense of direction produces…
Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (Jan. 18, 2017) – Mutations in a gene that should enable memories and a sense of direction instead can result...
Cells rank genes by importance to protect them, according to new research
Credit: Eric Belfield Researchers at the University of Oxford have discovered that a cellular mechanism preferentially protects plant genes from the damaging effects of mutation....
First precision medicine trial in cancer prevention identifies molecular-based chemoprevention strategy
A team of scientists, led by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and University of California, San Diego Moores Cancer Center,...
How a Mediterranean-style diet may reduce heart failure in the aged
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – In mouse experiments, University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers have shown how aging and excess dietary fat create signals that...
Lek-Heng Lim receives Wilkinson Prize in Numerical Analysis &…
Credit: Lek-Heng Lim The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics is proud to award Lek-Heng Lim, University of Chicago, with the James H. Wilkinson Prize...
Falls lead to declines in seniors
Credit: American College of Emergency Physicians WASHINGTON — More than half of elderly patients (age 65 and older) who visited an emergency department because of...
NIST updates ‘sweet’ 1950s separation method to clean nanoparticles from organisms
Credit: K. Scott/NIST Sometimes old-school methods provide the best ways of studying cutting-edge tech and its effects on the modern world. Giving a 65-year-old laboratory...
How cancer metastasis happens: Researchers reveal a key mechanism
Credit: Image credit: Wenjing Wu/Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center/Nature Cancer metastasis, the migration of cells from a primary tumor to form distant tumors in the...
