Johns Hopkins researchers have discovered that valproic acid, a widely prescribed drug for treating epilepsy, has the additional benefits of reducing ...

(NEW YORK, NY, January 29, 2014) – Economic and health system reforms in China in recent decades ...

Does giving a speech in public stress you out? Or writing a big presentation for your boss? What about skydiving? One ...

Scientists from the University of Notre Dame, Resources for the Future, and the U.S. Forest Service present their findings of the effectiveness of different Asian carp prevention barriers ...

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, January ...

A central question has been answered regarding a protein that plays an essential role in the bacterial immune system and is ...

Our solar system seems like a neat and orderly place, with small, rocky worlds near the Sun and big, gaseous worlds farther out, all eight planets following orbital paths unchanged ...

In the Earth Surface Dynamics Lab at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) the behavior of rivers is modeled through the use of artificial rivers—flumes—through ...

Fairfax, Va., January 29, 2014— Long-term (five-year) outcomes of breast cancer patients receiving adjuvant accelerated partial breast irradiation (APBI) after ...

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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