Fairfax, Va., January 29, 2014— Standard external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) provided a higher breast preservation rate than brachytherapy in women age 66 and ...

Researchers at Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam, The Netherlands, led by Dr. Qiuwei Pan and Dr. Luc van der Laan, have discovered that spontaneous tumorigenic ...

HOUSTON – The once sketchy landscape of the molecular defects behind bladder cancer now ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Around the globe, sea levels typically rise a little in summer and fall again in winter. Now, a new study shows that, from the Florida Keys to southern Alabama, those fluctuations ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Researchers have discovered a potential treatment for a viral infection that causes potentially fatal brain swelling and paralysis in children. The findings also point ...

A Kansas State University engineer has made a breakthrough in rechargeable battery applications. Gurpreet Singh, assistant professor of mechanical and nuclear engineering, and his student researchers ...

A team led by University of Pennsylvania paleontologists has characterized a new dinosaur based on fossil remains found in northwestern China. The species, a plant-eating sauropod ...

WASHINGTON, DC, January 27, 2014 — A new study finds that corporate downsizing reduces managerial diversity, especially when layoff decisions consider workers' position or tenure. ...

PHILADELPHIA — Contrary to existing understanding, long-term follow-up of patients with two types of breast tissue abnormalities suggests that both types ...

New reseach reveals that women who have a child after experiencing fertility problems are more likely to remain with their partner following infertility evaluations. Findings in Acta Obstetricia ...

Infants as young as six months old tend to expect that plants are food sources, but only after an adult shows them that the food is safe to eat, according to new research ...

Boulder, Colo., USA - The February 2014 Lithosphere is now online. Papers cover strain rates measured in travertine in the Rio Grande rift, central ...

We've all heard about circadian rhythm, the roughly ...

Previous studies have shown that breast cancer survivors who meet the current exercise recommendations (2.5 hours of moderate intensity physical activity per week) ...

Those who say one should never talk about politics in mixed company have never logged on to Facebook. These days a typical newsfeed is peppered with ...

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It has long puzzled scientists that there were enormously massive galaxies that were already old and no longer forming new stars in the very early universe, approx. 3 billion years ...

HOUSTON, Jan. 29, 2014 – A new theoretical model developed by professors at the University of Houston (UH) and Université de Montréal may hold ...

Proteins play a fundamental role in almost all biological processes. They consist of chains constructed of up to 20 different amino acids, and their composition, ...

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Jan. 29, 2014 – Myriad Genetics, Inc. (NASDAQ: MYGN) today announced results from ...

Is it possible to predict which soldier will start smoking and which one will maybe quit? Yes, says Christopher B. Harte of the Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System ...

It is common to spread salt on roads to prevent ice and the hazards it can entail for traffic. This preventive treatment is based on weather forecasts, but does not take into account that the road can already have enough salt, ...

It is often said that breakfast is important for our health and a study conducted by Umeå University, published in Public Health Nutrition supports this claim. The study revealed that adolescents who ...

Increasing numbers of bacteria are developing antibiotic resistance. This forms a significant challenge in the battle against bacterial infections. Alvin Lo and Han Remaut ...

DETROIT – First-of-its-kind research by the Innovation Institute at Henry Ford Hospital shows promise for developing a method of clearly identifying cancerous tissue during surgery on one ...