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Researchers in the Department of Earth Sciences have shown that high-latitude bivalves live longer and grow slower than those in the tropics. Their findings are...

Credit: Randy Anderson The National Multiple Sclerosis Society awarded Dr. Bart Rypma, associate professor at the Center for BrainHealth at The University of Texas at...

Cigars may have a reputation for being safer than cigarettes, but they may be just as harmful and addictive, according to Penn State researchers, who...

A body of research putting people with Type 2 diabetes on a low calorie diet has confirmed the underlying causes of the condition and established...

Credit: Kazuyoshi Ukena NPGL, a recently discovered protein involved in brain signalling, has been found to increase fat storage by the body – even when...

With the outbreak of viruses like Zika, chikungunya, and dengue on the rise, public health officials are desperate to stop transmission. Virginia Tech experts explore...

Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center UT Southwestern contribution increases by tenfold the mouse mutation resources of one type available to researchers worldwide DALLAS – Oct....

Credit: UZH Herbivores digest their food much better if it has been strongly fragmented by intensive mastication. For ruminants such as cows, sheep, goats, deer,...

Credit: AJ Reisinger (Millbrook, NY) Traditional toxicity testing underestimates the risk that pharmaceutical and personal care product pollution poses to freshwater ecosystems. Criteria that account..

Credit: Rob Alexander New insights into the impact forests have on surface temperature will provide a valuable tool in efforts to mitigate climate change, according...

Credit: Alexxai Kravitz Starting a regular program at the gym is a common New Year's resolution, but it's one that most people are unable to...

Credit: Matt Cashore/University of Notre Dame Researchers at the University of Notre Dame have discovered a way to make influenza visible to the naked eye,...

Credit: Frank Sachse Investigators at the University of Utah have identified distinct differences in the hearts of advanced heart failure patients who have defied the...

A new statistical model has enabled researchers to pinpoint 27 novel genes thought to prevent cancer from forming, in an analysis of over 2000 tumours...

Credit: Fran Urbano on a Creative Commons Licence Published as 'Caring at the Borders of the Human: Companion animals and the homeless' in the book...