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Credit: Mortensen Lab, Penn State Vast swaths of Pennsylvania forests were clear-cut circa 1900 and regrowth has largely been from local native plant communities, but...

Credit: Washington University in St. Louis Irregular heartbeat -- or arrhythmia -- can have sudden and often fatal consequences. A biomedical engineering team at Washington...

Credit: Northern Illinois University Summer is abloom at Nachusa Grasslands, where the warmth of July is igniting an explosion of color. Purple coneflowers point to...

Credit: (Picture: UZH) Researchers at the University of Zurich have shown for the first time that hematopoietic stem cells detect infectious agents themselves and begin...

Credit: Photo credit Margaret Whitney Mercury is a ubiquitous environmental contaminant that affects the health of birds and other wild animals. Two varieties of songbird--zebra...

Credit: Erin Perry URBANA, Ill. - When disaster strikes, you want the very best tools, functioning at their peak. In the case of catastrophic earthquakes,...

Credit: University of Portsmouth, UK Whales, sharks, butterflies and lotus leaves might together hold the secret to saving the shipping industry millions and help save...

Time is of the essence when treating a patient undergoing a heart attack. Cardiac surgeons attempt to quickly stabilize the heart by applying reperfusion, a...

Credit: Penn Nursing PHILADELPHIA (July 20, 2017) - While research has demonstrated the positive impact a woman's social support network and faith community can have...

Credit: WFU / Ken Bennett As student athletes hit training fields this summer to gain the competitive edge, a new study shows how the experiences...

Credit: IAVI LA JOLLA - Cows are leaving the pasture and entering the field...of HIV vaccine research. As outlined in a study published today in...

Credit: University of Notre Dame Determining which fish are living in various bodies of water can be a daunting task for scientists studying those populations....

Training clinicians to proactively ask patients about domestic violence is feasible for sexual health clinics to implement and could increase referrals to specialist services, according...

Credit: (Photo: Verena Rieding) Farmers are facing a problem: Honeybees are becoming ever more rare in many places. But a lot of plants can only...

Credit: Christopher Drummond/UNSW The world's most extensive study of a major stormfront striking the coast has revealed a previously unrecognised danger from climate change: as...