A new study from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden shows that short-course preoperative radiotherapy combined with delayed surgery reduces the adverse side-effects of rectal cancer surgery...
Carpets of bluebells have long been a feature of spring woodlands - but the flowers may not be at their best in years to come...
A team of researchers led by Patrik Verstreken (VIB-KU Leuven) have identified an underlying mechanism in early onset Parkinson's. Using flies, mice and patient cells,...
Smart technologies, such as sensors to improve workplace safety and artificial intelligence to aid courtrooms, could emerge from a new research partnership between Nanyang Technological...
Astronomy experiments could soon test an idea developed by Albert Einstein almost exactly a century ago, scientists say. Tests using advanced technology could resolve a...
Credit: Photo: Michael Veit Whether the brain responds to an external stimulus or not depends significantly on the balance between areas of excitation and inhibition...
Credit: University of Huddersfield COUNTRIES both rich and poor are confronted with the challenge of making sure that medicines -- including new and costly treatments...
Credit: Cancer Research UK LOS ALAMOS, N.M., Feb. 9, 2017 -- Los Alamos National Laboratory researcher Ludmil Alexandrov has been announced as a member of...
Credit: Emory University The red berries of the Brazilian peppertree -- a weedy, invasive species common in Florida -- contain an extract with the power...
Credit: European Union The European Union activated its Galileo satellite navigation system in December 2016. The EU is dedicated to setting this system apart from...
Taking antibiotics to fight an infection won't necessarily solve your problems. Often, natural occurring bacteria in the gut harbor several resistance genes. This means that...
Credit: Cancer Research UK Cancer Research UK today (Friday) announces that four international teams are the first recipients of its global £100m Grand Challenge competition,...
Credit: Photograph was taken by the Deep Discoverer remotely operated vehicle in April 2014 and is courtesy of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Ocean...
Mehran Mozaffari Kermani, a faculty member at Rochester Institute of Technology, recently received a grant to design security measures for computing systems that will protect...
Credit: Behnam Enghiad and Huimin Zhao, University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign Research by Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Huimin Zhao and graduate student Behnam...
