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Weighty Matters Editorial highlights concern over growing obesity rates and new research linking weight gain in adolescences to stroke risk. WHO Kathryn M. Rexrode, MD,...

Rochester Institute of Technology leads universities in New York with seven federally funded summer research programs for undergraduate students, according to the National Science Foundation....

ITHACA, N.Y. - Cornell University materials scientists and bioelectrochemical engineers may have created an innovative, cost-competitive electrode material for cleaning pollutants in wastewater. The..

Credit: Ashley Barnas/ University of Delaware A University of Delaware research team in the College of Health Sciences is combating chronic kidney disease (CKD) with...

Credit: Harry Atwater and Kelly Mauser/Caltech Engineers at Caltech have for the first time developed a light detector that combines two disparate technologies -- nanophotonics,...

Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - June 28, 2017 - People who survive a major heart attack often do better in the years afterward if they're...

Fifteen years ago, Dr. Naomi Rance was at work when she experienced her first hot flash. Rance, a physician and researcher at the University of...

Credit: Marilyn Chung, Berkeley Lab It turns out your skin is crawling with single-celled microorganisms -- and they're not just bacteria. A study by the...

Money may not grow on trees, but trees themselves and all that they provide have a dollar value nonetheless. At least, that's the view of...

WASHINGTON-- While there is solid evidence that adolescent overweight and obesity are associated with coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke, less is known about the...

Credit: University of Rochester Medical Center Scientists are a step closer to understanding how DNA, the molecules that carry all of our genetic information, is...

With a sense of smell much greater than humans, dogs are considered the gold standard for explosive detection in many situations. But that doesn't mean...

China's trouble with smog and air pollution is well known, but air quality is beginning to improve as Chinese authorities start to tackle the problem....

Credit: Eric Fishel Invasive parasites are a biological oxymoron. And yet, they are in our backyards! A new study analyzes the case of a brood...

Credit: Kansas State University MANHATTAN, KANSAS -- The world's lightest 3-D printed structure is so lightweight that it can be placed on top of a...