A new study explains how a widely used drug is effective against inflammatory bowel disease and rejection of bone marrow transplants, while suggesting another way...
Credit: UEG (Barcelona, Oct. 31, 2017) The long-term use of aspirin has been shown to significantly reduce the incidence of digestive cancers, new research presented...
Credit: UEG (Barcelona, Oct. 31, 2017) Treating Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection of the stomach could lead to a marked reduction in the risk of...
Hollywood films and science fiction literature fuel the belief that aliens are other-worldly, monster-like beings, who are very different to humans. But new research suggests...
Credit: Aleksander Semenov Scientists from Moscow State University have proved that lophophorates - the invertebrates with special tentacular apparatus - are relatives. Scientists have examined...
Studying geological reservoirs in near "real world" conditions, monitoring the behavior of hydrocarbons around sea ice, better understanding how chemical bonds form and break, and...
Credit: Pinton Lab, UNC-Chapel Hill CHAPEL HILL, NC - Veteran sailors know that rogue waves can rise suddenly in mid-ocean to capsize even the largest...
Credit: Image by Arianna Harrington, Duke University. DURHAM, N.C. -- For years, scientists assumed that humans devote a larger share of their daily calories to...
Credit: Kurt Hickman/Stanford News Service It's a sound that can keep even the weariest among us from falling asleep: the high-pitched whine of a mosquito....
According to a study supported by the São Paulo Research Foundation five fruit trees native to the Atlantic Rainforest have powerful anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory properties....
Credit: Catherine Dulac Lab Tiny microscopes mounted on mice's heads have given researchers a peek into the neural circuitry of social behavior. Instincts such as...
A new Tel Aviv University study finds that young bats adopt a specific "dialect" spoken by their own colonies, even when this dialect differs from...
Credit: Aleksander Semenov Scientists from Moscow State University have proved that lophophorates - the invertebrates with special tentacular apparatus - are relatives. Scientists have examined...
Credit: Shifra Goldenberg/Save the Elephants, Colorado State University Elephants live in a social structure with a level of complexity that rivals that of human societies....
Grey hair, wisdom, and wrinkles on our skin mark us as we age, but it's the more subtle changes beneath the surface that make us...
