Credit: (C) 2017, American Geriatrics Society The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) opposes the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 (BCRA). Released today, the Senate proposal...
Credit: IBS One of the current challenges in biology is to understand rapidly-changing phenomena. Interestingly, only a small fraction of them is due to proteins...
Credit: Rob McCauley Marine seismic surveys used in petroleum exploration could cause a two to three-fold increase in mortality of adult and larval zooplankton, new...
Plants adopt different strategies to survive the changing temperatures of their natural environments. This is most evident in temperate regions where forest trees shed their...
Credit: © IDM Eating behavior and the subjective feeling of hunger are regulated by a variety of hormones. Here a key role is played by...
The UK's world-leading robotics research will be showcased at the second UK Robotics Week, which begins on Saturday, 24 June, 2017 and runs until Friday,...
The causes of falling sea levels in the Dead Sea, which have significant impacts on the environment and the economy, are to be investigated in...
A subgroup of patients with osteosarcoma - a form of bone cancer - could be helped by an existing drug, suggest scientists from the Wellcome...
Selfless heroism isn't the best strategy in life-and-death disaster situations involving groups of people, a new study from the University of Waterloo suggests. The study,...
But how often do ophthalmologists and optometrists in Sweden recommend the use of nutritional supplements, changes in diet, or smoking cessation to patients at risk...
Wearable devices have been heralded as one of the next great technological frontiers. They can provide all users, including older ones, with constantly updated medical...
Credit: Marthaler AM, et al. (2017) Scientists have identified a molecular pathway by which some types of human papilloma virus (HPV) might increase the risk...
Credit: Megan Clark and Randy Carnell/UW Medicine Research results reported this week in the journal Science overturn long-held views on a basic messaging system within...
Investigators at The Saban Research Institute of Children's Hospital Los Angeles have developed and tested a new biomarker assay for quantifying disease and detecting the...
Credit: McMaster University Hamilton, ON (June 22, 2017) -- A team of researchers at McMaster University has identified a unique feature of cancer stem cells...
