Services provided by Mother Nature, such as pest control from insect-eating bats, are affected by market ...

A team of researchers has found that British people travelling abroad for medical treatment are often unaware of the potential health and financial consequences they could face. The ...

In a study published in Health Affairs on February ...

Adoption of new guidelines recommending screening ...

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 3, 2014 – Opening up a can of worms is a good way to start hunting for new drugs, recommend researchers from Children's Hospital ...

Gasoline-like fuels can be made from cellulosic materials such as farm and forestry waste using a new process invented by chemists at the University of California, Davis. The process could open up new markets ...

The less education you have, the more your attitude counts when it comes to staying alive and well. That's the finding of a new study conducted by personality ...

A new coral species, Psammogorgia hookeri, has been collected by scuba divers from rocky ledges at depths to 25 meters in Peru's Paracas National Reserve. The corals' hand-sized ...

Perfect sheets of diamond a few atoms thick appear to be possible even without the big squeeze that makes natural gems. Scientists have speculated about it and ...

Falmouth, Mass. – A team of Woods Hole Research Center (WHRC) scientists created maps of habitat corridors connecting protected areas in the ...

Despite their typically small size and sparse distribution, farms that sell their products locally may boost economic growth in their communities in some regions of the U.S., according to a team of economists. "There ...

The same physics that gives tornadoes their ferocious stability lies at the heart of new University of Washington research, and could lead to a better understanding of nuclear dynamics in studying fission, ...

HOUSTON – (Feb. 3, 2014) – Chinese protectionism in the digital media sphere has created a major underdiscussed trade gap between China and the United States, and the U.S. government must ...

SEATTLE—Group Health studied how patients with treated hypertension used outpatient specialty care before, ...

The accumulation of age-associated changes in a biochemical process that helps control genes may be responsible for some of the increased risk of cancer seen ...

MADISON — As many American public school districts adopt single-sex classrooms and even entire schools, a new study finds scant evidence that they offer educational or social benefits. The study was the largest and ...

Maybe you've seen the movies or played with toy Transformers, those shape-shifting machines that ...

WHAT: NIH scientists have discovered a mechanism involved in stabilizing key HIV ...

EUGENE, Ore. -- A new study finds that a dedicated team that makes decisions based on data ...

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WHAT: A team of researchers has reported a novel method for tracking CD4+ ...

Alexandria, VA – A complex interaction between lava and water, rather than a fight between mythical troll-beasts of lore, is responsible for the occurrence of rare terrestrial ...

One of the hopes for victory against cancer hinges on naturally-occurring proteins whose job is to make their host cell die. Since their natural role is to stop ...

Researchers from Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Massey Cancer Center have discovered a new signaling pathway in sterile inflammation that could impact the ...

Amsterdam, NL, February 4, 2014 – There is a growing need for Cognitive Rehabilitation Therapy (CRT) due to the huge influx of soldiers ...