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Credit: Run to Quit Joining a running group can help you quit smoking. That's the conclusion of a new UBC study that found that half...

Milan, Italy: Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) can slow the decline in lung function in middle-aged women, according to new research presented at the European Respiratory...

Credit: 2017 Nojima S. et al. Scientific Reports, 7:9269, 1-14. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-09117-0 (Osaka, Japan) To some, the idea of invisibility leads to mischief, seeing things...

Credit: Stephanie Drumheller-Horton Around 95 million years ago, a giant relative of modern crocodiles ruled the coastlines and waterways of what would one day become...

WASHINGTON, D.C September 12, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced more than $8.6 million...

More than 60 percent of investigational drugs fail in human clinical trials due to a lack of effectiveness, despite promising pre-clinical studies using cell and...

Preeclampsia may permanently change the blood vessels of women who experience the condition during pregnancy, boosting their lifelong risk for cardiovascular disease, according to Penn...

LOWELL, Mass. - A majority of Americans believe it is not safe for children to play tackle football before they reach high school, according to...

Steephead parrotfish (Chlorurus microrhinos) are picky eaters. In the central Pacific, however, they appear to have taken matters into their own hands -- er, fins....

Credit: Courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The health benefits of olives-- and associated natural products such as olive oil--have long been...

LA JOLLA, CA - September 12, 2017 - Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have made a discovery that could speed efforts to develop...

Credit: Photo Credit: David McNally, ARL Public Affairs ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- Scientists at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory observed an unexpected result when...

Credit: From Imai et al (2017) DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E17-06-0359 WOODS HOLE, MASS.-- Using a microscope invented at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL), a collaborative team of...

A new study by researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UM SOM) has uncovered how inflammation contributes to a key feature of...

Credit: (Purdue University photo) WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The National Science Foundation has chosen Purdue University to lead an engineering research center, which will develop...