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Scientists from Queen Mary University of London have discovered that foot callouses/keratoderma (thickened skin) can be linked to cancer of the oesophagus (gullet), a disease...

The ESMO Summit Africa is a three-day educational event with presentations focused on several key disease sites. Created for oncology professionals in Africa by international...

Credit: Elena Zhukova UCLA researchers have found that an anti-inflammatory drug primarily used in Japan to treat asthma could help people overcome alcoholism. Their study...

Credit: Wits University The Puff Adder (Bitis arietans) is one of Africa's deadliest snake species, not only due to its deadly venom, but also because...

Credit: Gilad Kavalerchik Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore) and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) are collaborating to find innovative ways to counter cyber threats....

Credit: Image: APH/KIT Optical microscopy is applied widely in the life sciences sector. Among others, it is used to minimally invasively examine living cells. Resolution...

Credit: American Chemical Society "Fast fashion" might be cheap, but its high environmental cost from dyes polluting the water near factories has been well documented....

Credit: Tatjana Baibakova / 123rf A team led by Motonari Uesugi, professor and deputy director of Kyoto University's Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS), found...

Global methane and ethane emissions from oil production from 1980 to 2012 were far higher than previous estimates show, according to a new study which...

Credit: Professor Tetsuya Kida Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are a group of carbon-based chemicals with low evaporation or vaporization points. Some VOCs are harmful to...

Amsterdam, February 1, 2017 - Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and solutions, and the International Federation of Automatic Control...

Washington, DC, February 1, 2017 - Early predictors of anxiety and depression may be evident in the brain even at birth, suggests a study published...

Newton, Mass. (Feb. 1, 2017) - Many Americans, with the start of the New Year, will resolve to cut back on fast food to avoid...

Loading video... Credit: Global Fishing Watch New research published in the journal Biological Conservation sheds light on the contentious debate surrounding large Marine Protected Areas...

Credit: American Chemical Society Grease-proof packaging has helped make pizzas, burgers and tacos on-the-go a less messy proposition. However, a new study in the ACS...