The state of Qatar occupies a small peninsula of 11,500 km2 within the Arabian Peninsula. Both Qatar's population and economy have increased rapidly during the last decades, thus putting ...

Designing nanomedicine to combat diseases is a hot area of scientific research, primarily for treating cancer, but very little is known in the context of atherosclerotic disease. ...

RIVERSIDE, Calif. — The Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) can spread the lethal and ...

A new Dartmouth study provides the first evidence that people use the same brain circuitry to figure out space, time and social distances. The findings, which help reveal ...

A new study from the University of Iowa shows evidence that stock price movements are, in fact, predictable during short windows. The study by researchers in ...

When putting together a team of scientists to work on a problem, it makes sense to bring together the best and brightest in the field, right? Well, maybe not. In a newly published paper, a team of researchers from ...

Boston, MA – According to the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, breast cancer ...

Queen's University Belfast's world renowned cancer specialist, Professor Patrick Johnston, whose work has transformed cancer care in Northern Ireland, is now leading ...

Understanding and properly studying fear is partly a matter of correctly defining fear itself, New York University neuroscientist Joseph LeDoux writes in a new essay published in Proceedings ...

Boulder, Colorado, USA – In the February issue of GSA Today, Lorena Moscardelli of the University of Texas at Austin Jackson School of Geosciences documents evidence in support ...

PHILADELPHIA – All creatures great and small, including fruitflies, need sleep. Researchers have surmised that sleep – in any species -- is necessary for repairing proteins, consolidating ...

People seriously injured by violence are no more likely to die in the years after they are shot, stabbed or beaten than those who are seriously injured in accidents, Johns ...

Obesity is a known risk factor for many cancers including colon cancer, yet the reasons behind the colon cancer link have often remained unclear. A Michigan State University study is shedding more ...

Amsterdam, NL, February 4, 2014 – Using auditory or tactile stimulation, Sensory ...

With nearly one-third of Americans suffering from chronic pain, prescription opioid painkillers have become the leading form of treatment for this debilitating condition. ...

New research predicts that coastal regions may face massive increases in damages from storm surge flooding over the course of the 21st century. According to the study published ...

High blood pressure could be as devastating to global health as HIV, a group of experts is warning. Writing in the International Journal of Epidemiology this week, Prof Peter Lloyd-Sherlock from the University of ...

The number of annual excess deaths caused by hot weather in England and Wales is ...

Government initiatives to improve access to healthy foods may have a limited impact ...

On average, organic farms support 34% more plant, ...

People who are younger, more affluent and do not have established health care relationships are more likely to use a telemedicine program that allows patients to get medical help -- including prescriptions ...

CHICAGO – Many U.S. adults consume more added sugar (added in processing or preparing of foods, not naturally occurring as in fruits and fruit juices) than expert panels recommend for a healthy ...

Intensive blood pressure and cholesterol lowering was not associated with reduced risk for diabetes-related cognitive decline in older patients with long-standing type 2 ...

Genetic testing of embryos for a fatal inherited neurodegenerative disorder allowed a woman to selectively implant two mutation-free embryos and conceive healthy twins, what researchers ...

A new study, co-authored by a Harvard scientist, offers the first-ever evidence that fetal sex can affect the amount of milk cows produce, a finding that could have major economic implications ...