Credit: Siobhán Cooke, Johns Hopkins Medicine Radiocarbon dating of a fossilized leg bone from a Jamaican monkey called Xenothrix mcgregori suggests it may be the...
Credit: Professor Martin Caffrey, Trinity College Dublin. Scientists from Trinity College Dublin have gained key structural insights into the machinery employed by opportunistic, disease-causing ba..
Age-related frailty may be a treatable and preventable health problem, just like obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease, highlights a review in Frontiers in Physiology. "Societies...
Credit: Steven Mattocks Fish that migrate between freshwater and sea ecosystems play a multitude of ecological roles. In the centuries since Europeans first colonized the...
(American Chemical Society) Unlike locusts and many other flying insects, cicadas don't soar through the air with the greatest of ease. Now in a study...
WHEN: Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017, 5:00-6:30 pm WHERE: Orange County Convention Center, South Building, Hall B 9800-9899 International Drive, Orlando, Florida 32819 WHAT: The Presidential...
Because gamma hydroxybutyric acid (GHB), commonly known as a "date rape drug" is rapidly absorbed and metabolized by the body, it's difficult for law enforcement...
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine A team of researchers is exploring the possibility that next-generation probiotics - live bacteria that are good for your health...
As antibiotic resistance rises and fears over superbugs grow, scientists are looking for new treatment options. One area of focus is antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), which...
Credit: MU Health COLUMBIA, Mo. (Aug. 9, 2017) -- More than 31,000 new cases of endometrial cancer are expected to be diagnosed in 2017. Through...
Lead in drinking water is a decades-old problem and still poses serious public health risks today. In response, utilities are replacing segments of old lead...
Credit: Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University The worldwide Zika threat first emerged in 2015, infecting millions as it swept across the Americas. It struck great...
The age at which girls have their first period may influence how long they stay in education. The findings come from a study in which...
A new report published in Weather confirms that 2016 was another exceptionally warm year, with global temperature having reached 0.77± 0.09?C above its level between...
The ethics pertaining to animal research have evolved over centuries, but there is still need for refining and improving them. A new review examines the...
