New research from Queen's University Belfast shows that the tropical forests of South East Asia have been shaped by humans for the last 11,000 years. The rain forests of Borneo, Sumatra, Java, ...

MAYWOOD, Ill. – A recent study shows that many internists feel ill-equipped to care ...

Increased inflammation following an infection impairs the brain's ability to form spatial memories – according to new research. The impairment results from a decrease in glucose metabolism in the ...

The use of portable, wireless cameras and monitoring equipment for recording and transmitting footage of wildlife is perhaps familiar to anyone who watches nature programs on TV. However, common ...

(Lebanon, NH, 1/24/14) — Dartmouth engineers and radiologists are developing new approaches ...

Scientists from The University of Manchester – part of the Manchester Cancer Research Centre - used a simple protein test that could prove more ...

CHICAGO --- When physicians spend too much time looking at the computer screen in the exam room, nonverbal ...

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A landmark study across many cancer types reveals that the universe of cancer mutations is much bigger than ...

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 ...

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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 ...