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Credit: The University of Gothenburg Noisier seas seem to hamper fish reproduction. A new doctoral thesis from the University of Gothenburg shows that noise pollution...

A new study published online in The FASEB Journal reveals a novel gene involved in maintaining body weight. Specifically, the study suggests that GTRAP3-18 interacts...

In recent years, there has been growing controversy surrounding the evolutionary effects of trophy hunting in big game animals worldwide. An article published in the...

UCLA researchers have demonstrated for the first time that black tea may promote weight loss and other health benefits by changing bacteria in the gut....

WASHINGTON -- When combined with an already FDA-approved chemotherapy, a novel agent developed by researchers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, appears to halt the...

BEER-SHEVA, Israel, Oct. 2, 2017 -- BGN, the technology-transfer company of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU), is collaborating with Singapore-based Ram Group to develop...

Credit: Javier Rodríguez-Ubreva Researchers of the Chromatin and Disease Group from the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) in Barcelona have identified a distinctive epigenetic event...

BROOKLYN, New York - Titanium is the preferred material for surgical fixation procedures ranging from knee replacement to jaw implants. However, since this super-strong metal...

A team led by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators has identified a new cancer-causing pathway behind most cases of an aggressive type of leukemia, findings...

Overall breast cancer death rates dropped 39 percent between 1989 and 2015, averting 322,600 breast cancer deaths during those 26 years. And while black women...

Credit: Dr. Alptekin Aksan A team of researchers from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities has reported a novel encapsulation approach in identifying dormant cancer cells...

Credit: C Kratochwil et al., University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany RESTON, Va. - Therapy options are limited for men with advanced-stage, metastatic castration-resistant prostate canc..

WASHINGTON -- Up to 6.6 million cigarette smokers will live substantially longer if cigarette smoking is replaced by vaping over a ten-year period, calculates a...

(Portland, Ore.) Oct. 3, 2017 - Nearly 300 aquatic species have landed on American shores since the 2011 Japanese tsunami by hitching rides on manmade...

How do fire-suppression chemicals and pesticides affect wildfire smoke and the health of those who breathe it? UC Davis graduate students discovered that this question...