While the origin of life remains mysterious, scientists are finding more and more evidence that material created in space and delivered to Earth by comet and meteor ...

Boston, MA-- Researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) have found that exposure to short wavelength, or ...

New insights into how the cells in our bodies divide could improve our knowledge of a condition linked to cancer, a study suggests. Errors in the cell division process – which allows us to grow ...

OAK BROOK, Ill. – Digital mammography screening with new photon-counting technique offers high diagnostic performance, according to a study published online in the journal Radiology. As ...

PHILADELPHIA — Among patients with advanced melanoma, presence of higher levels of the protein vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in blood was associated with poor response ...

Charlottesville, VA (February 4, 2014). Using susceptibility-weighted imaging (SWI), researchers ...

An alternative approach to the traditional introductory laboratory course at the undergraduate level significantly increases student retention rates, according to research published ...

Ann Arbor, MI, February 4, 2014 – Researchers consider infant mortality to be ...

A new assessment tool published today in the Journal of Hospital Medicine can help hospital medicine groups across the country improve their patient care and make their operations more effective. Published ...

The pomp. The pageantry. The exciting wins and devastating losses. Unbelievable feats of athleticism and sheer determination. That's right – it's time for the winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Everyone ...

PULLMAN, Wash. – A group of Washington State University researchers have developed a chewing gum-like battery material that could dramatically ...

FINDINGS: Women who are 65 and older routinely undergo bone-density testing to screen for osteoporosis. But for those between the ages of ...

By simulating the environment when corn was first exploited by people and then domesticated, Smithsonian scientists discovered that corn's ancestor; a wild grass called teosinte, may have looked ...

February 2, 2014, Shenzhen, China - Researchers from Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fisheries Sciences, BGI-Shenzhen and other institutes have successfully decoded the first ...

BOSTON -- A new microscopy method could ...

Jerusalem, February 2, 2014 – Can naturally occurring processes selectively buffer the full brunt of global warming caused by greenhouse gas emissions resulting ...

Methylation signature correlates with acute myeloid leukemia survival Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is characterized by the inappropriate replacement of normal bone marrow with white blood cells due to dysfunctional ...

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Women who take nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) during pregnancy are not at increased risk of miscarriages, confirms a new study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association ...

For asymptomatic adults with chronic kidney disease who will need dialysis, an intent-to-defer approach is recommended over an ...

February 3, 2014 — (Bronx, NY) — Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University and Montefiore Medical Center have found a chemical "signature" ...

In a study to be presented on Feb. 6 in an oral plenary session at 8 a.m. CST, at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting™, in ...

In a study to be presented on Feb. 6 at 8:15 a.m. CST, at the Society for Maternal-Fetal ...

In a study to be presented on Feb. 6 at 9 a.m. CST, at the Society for Maternal-Fetal ...

In a study to be presented on Feb. 6 at 2:45 p.m. CST, at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting™, in New Orleans, researchers will report ...