The Academy of Radiology Research thanks Congress and the President for their support of the omnibus appropriations bill. ...

Although infants use their memories to learn new information, few adults can remember events in their lives that happened prior to ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Strategic placement of trees and plants near busy roadways may enhance air quality and positively impact ...

Currently approved flu vaccines are less effective in the elderly, yet an estimated 90% of influenza-related deaths occur in people over 65. A paper published on January 23rd in PLOS Pathogens reports on the challenges scientists ...

Washington, DC (January 23, 2014) — The presence of sickle cell trait among African Americans may help explain why those ...

Drug resistance mutations in HIV reduce the genetic diversity in the rest of the virus genome when they spread within an infected patient, but they do so to a different extent in different patients. A new study ...

Stanford scientists are using weak vibrations generated by the Earth's oceans to produce "virtual earthquakes" that can be used to predict the ground movement and shaking hazard to buildings ...

PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 23-Jan-2014 [ | E-mail ] var addthis_pub="eurekalert"; var addthis_options = "favorites, delicious, digg, facebook, twitter, google, newsvine, reddit, slashdot, stumbleupon, buzz, more" Share Contact: Oxford University News & Information Office press.office@admin.ox.ac.uk 01-865-280-532 University of Oxford Can walkies tell who's the leader of the pack? Dogs' paths during group walks could be used to determine leadership roles, social ranks and personality traits ...

Poor growth in the first three months of pregnancy ...

The UK government is considering whether to adopt a recommendation to introduce a ...

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Male túngara frogs call from puddles to attract females. The production of the call incidentally creates ripples that spread across the water. Researchers at the Smithsonian Tropical Research ...

MADISON, Wis. — For plants, the only way to grow is for cells to expand. Unlike animals, cell division in plants happens only within a tiny region of the root and stem apex, making cell expansion ...

Researchers at the RIKEN-MIT Center for Neural Circuit Genetics and MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory have discovered a new brain circuit that shapes memory formation by endowing neurons with the ability to connect ...

A paper in this month's edition of Global Heart (the journal of the World Heart Federation advocates including ultrasound in medical education programmes to realise the full benefits ...

As the male túngara frog serenades female frogs from a pond, he creates watery ripples that make him easier to target by rivals and predators such as bats, according to researchers from The University of Texas ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass-- Suppose you heard the sound of skidding tires, followed by a car crash. The next time ...

This news release is available in French. Montreal, January 23 2014 – Living in a household implies sharing duties and responsibilities but it could also imply sharing your diabetes. A research team ...

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How would electrons behave if confined to a wire so slender they could pass through it only in single-file? The question has intrigued ...

An editorial in this month's edition of Global Heart (the journal of the World Heart Federation) suggests the world of medicine could be experiencing its final days of the stethoscope, ...

A paper in this month's edition of Global Heart (the journal of the World Heart Federation) says there is mounting evidence regarding the utility of ultrasound in areas outside its ...

"Where do new genes come from?" is a long-standing question in genetics and evolutionary biology. A new study from researchers at the University of California, Davis, published Jan. 23 in Science Express, shows ...

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Scientists have called for data held in biobanks to be made accessible to the people donating material and data to them. In a paper published today in Science, Jeantine Lunshof and George ...