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Eight European countries have reported highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A(H5N8) viruses in wild birds, zoo birds and poultry holdings. This is the second time...

Credit: Dr Mauro D'Amato Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) affects a large portion of the general population. New research coordinated by Karolinska Institutet now shows a...

Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (Nov. 21, 2016) - Our brains have a basic algorithm that enables us to not just recognize a traditional Thanksgiving...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Nov. 21, 2016 - Most women don't know that having dense breasts increases their risk for breast cancer and reduces a mammogram's ability...

Credit: The State Library of Victoria Long-term weather data is the backbone of almost all research into climate change and variability. The recovery of historical...

Credit: EPFL Type-1 diabetes occurs when immune cells attack the pancreas. EPFL scientists have now discovered what may trigger this attack, opening new directions for...

(Umea University) Researchers have found a strong association between El Niño-Southern Oscillation conditions in the Pacific to observed weather and dengue epidemics in Sri Lanka....

DNA makes up only half of the material inside chromosomes -- far less than was previously thought -- a study has revealed. Up to 47...

Runners who wear trainers with no cushioning and land on the ball of their foot rather than the heel put significantly less demand on their...

A pioneering University of Liverpool research team have published a study that identifies the mechanism in the human body that causes resistance of pancreatic cancer...

Credit: UFZ / André Künzelmann Due to the burning of biomass and fossil fuels and, above all, due to agriculture, excessive quantities of reactive nitrogen...

CHAPEL HILL -- Tobacco products like cigarettes and e-cigarettes are more appealing and are considered less harmful, especially to younger people, when they come in...

Credit: The Hospital Research Foundation. Researchers have made significant progress in the development of a potential vaccine to protect against HIV infection. For the first...

Credit: Zhongxiang Zhao/University of Washington Most of the extra heat trapped by human-generated emissions is ending up in the oceans. But tracking the temperature of...

Credit: NEJM Group/JMRE NEJM Group, publisher of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), today took important steps to strengthen ties with the Chinese medical...