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A bilingual support group addressing the psychological and educational needs of patients with lupus and their families is a valuable resource to help them cope,...

Credit: Duke Clinical Research Institute DURHAM, N.C. -- When patients suffer from atrial fibrillation, an irregular heartbeat, they are at considerably higher risk for blood...

Credit: MPI for Plant Breeding Research Some plants can meet their nitrogen requirements by obtaining it from the atmosphere. To do this, they use bacteria...

Credit: S.L. Stephens, University of California, Berkeley While climate contributes strongly to fire activity in the Sierra Nevada mountains of the western U.S., human activity,...

Credit: Image: Adriana Vergés Seaweed-eating fish are becoming increasingly voracious as the ocean warms due to climate change and are responsible for the recent destruction...

Credit: NASA Goddard MODIS Rapid Response Team Fires have been reported across several states in the southern United States and NASA's Aqua satellite using its...

Credit: University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - If the Mississippi River continues to go unchecked, the farmland on Dogtooth Bend peninsula may be only accessible...

Credit: University of Louisville LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Aaron W. McGee, Ph.D., assistant professor at the University of Louisville School of Medicine, has received the Disney...

Credit: University of Houston With energy conservation expected to play a growing role in managing global demand, materials and methods that make better use of...

Credit: Colorado State University FORT COLLINS, COLORADO - They're in stain-resistant carpet, paint, permanent markers, food packaging and firefighting foam. Perfluorinated compounds (PFCs), a..

Loading video... Credit: James Friend/UC San Diego A team of mechanical engineers at the University of California San Diego has successfully used acoustic waves to...

TORONTO, November 14, 2016 - Paper strips laced with sugar could be the sweetest solution so far, literally, to kill E. coli in contaminated water....

Credit: NASA Goddard's Scientific Visualization Studio/Tom Bridgman, data visualizer High above the surface, Earth's magnetic field constantly deflects incoming supersonic particles from ..

Credit: Caltech A new helper in the fight against cancer and other diseases of the gut may be genetically altered bacteria that release medicines to...

Credit: The Scripps Research Institute (Photo by Madeline McCurry-Schmidt.) LA JOLLA, CA - November 14, 2016 - A new study led by scientists at The...