WASHINGTON, March 9, 2018 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today awarded grants to support the initial...
Doctors caring for severe stroke patients need to take account of their psychological needs and help prepare families for the possibility that they may not...
Working with mice, Johns Hopkins researchers report they have found previously known skin itch receptors in the airways that appear to contribute to bronchoconstriction and...
Credit: IEEE ACCESS A study led by researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) has uncovered new ways of driving multi-legged robots by means...
Credit: MSU EAST LANSING, Mich. - Cuff devices for blood pressure measurement are inconvenient, and mobile device apps for blood pressure measurement that are now...
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed a method that enables them to use donated brain tissue from people with epilepsy for 48 hours....
To prevent cardiac death, people with certain cardiac disorders are implanted with electronic devices designed to automatically stimulate the heartbeat or counteract serious arrhythmia if...
A large part of the cells in the human body carry a small antenna on their surface, a so-called cilium, which receives signals from the...
WHAT: A more intensive biomedical research approach is necessary to control and ultimately eliminate tuberculosis (TB), according to a perspective published in the March 2018...
Credit: ANU Researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) have helped put together the most comprehensive study ever conducted into the origins of people in...
The larva of the sleeping chironomid, Polypedilum vanderplanki--a mosquito-like insect that inhabits semi-arid areas of Africa--is well known for being able to come back to...
A research team at the VIB-KU Leuven Center for Microbiology has developed a novel screening method to identify antimicrobial properties of volatile substances. With this...
Credit: Photo courtesy of Andrea Starr/PNNL A mix of factors is contributing to an increasing mortality rate of trees in the moist tropics, where trees...
Credit: Kyoto University / Chris Vincenot Kyoto, Japan -- In a new report in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, Christian E Vincenot from...
Malaria infections might be brought under control by managing the eating habits of infected people or animals, according to a new study. Meal times are...
