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NEW YORK (November 17, 2016) - Many hospital patients may be unnecessarily tested, and treated, for catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs), according to a study...

Credit: Lockheed Martin FORT COLLINS, COLORADO - Scheduled for launch from Cape Canaveral Nov. 19, the nation's newest weather satellite, GOES-R, promises to revolutionize how...

Credit: Professor Derek Nolan, Trinity College Dublin. Biochemists from Trinity College Dublin have solved an old mystery as to the cause of especially smelly camel...

Credit: April Eilers Veterans Affairs researchers have found that certain forms, or alleles, of a gene known to play a key role in the immune...

ARLINGTON, Va., November 17, 2016 -- The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) today issued an updated clinical practice statement for accelerated partial breast irradiation...

Scientific cooperation to address concerns about the environment helped to foster détente between the United States and the Soviet Union in the 1970s, NYU's Rachel...

CHAPEL HILL, NC - Do you have questions about the Zika virus and how it spreads? If you're traveling this holiday season, do you know...

Credit: Pablo García-Díaz The illegal reptile trade, including venomous snakes, could put wildlife, the environment and human lives at risk, a new study has found....

Credit: University of Adelaide Grape growers and winemakers around the world will be able to easily assess powdery mildew in the field with the help...

Scientists from the University of Bristol have found that dung beetles can help farmers by reducing the development and survival of parasites in cowpats that...

Credit: Photo courtesy of Forest and Kim Starr. HONOLULU, HI - Uhaloa (Waltheria indica) is a pantropical shrub species found in the Americas, Mexico, and...

Credit: Airbus Defense & Space GmbH WASHINGTON -- For the first time, an optical clock has traveled to space, surviving harsh rocket launch conditions and...

Credit: Whitney Walker, School of Science, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis INDIANAPOLIS -- Plants -- from the maple or the yew tree to the corn in...

Credit: Kiju Lee Psychologists have long used building blocks to assess cognitive skills. But researchers at Case Western Reserve University are imbedding the blocks with...

Credit: Purdue University/Tom Campbell WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A sister species of the Varroa destructor mite is developing the ability to parasitize European honeybees, threatening...