Washington, DC (January 30, 2014) — In patients with a frequently-relapsing form of kidney disease, relapses decreased approximately five-fold for at least one year after patients took a single dose of ...

In a study published in the January 31, 2014 issue of Science, an international team led by scientists at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine report doubling the number of ...

Children improved their understanding of stroke symptoms and what to do if they witness a stroke after playing a 15-minute stroke education ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Add yet another threat to the list of problems facing the rapidly disappearing rainforests of Central America: drug trafficking. In ...

New research published today shows that depression and impulse control disorders (eating disorders in particular) are independently ...

A "one-size-fits-all" model to predict the effects of climate change on savanna vegetation isn't as effective as examining individual savannas by continent, ...

By using a novel X-ray technique, researchers have observed a catalyst surface at work in real time and were able to resolve ...

More than a third of a million people in England took part in Stoptober 2012, a national campaign to encourage people to give up smoking, according to new research by UCL researchers published ...

AUSTIN, Texas — A team of researchers at The University of Texas at Austin's Cockrell School of Engineering has built the first-ever circulator for sound. The team's ...

UC San Francisco researchers are reporting a detailed account of how speech sounds are identified ...

In this month's issue of Physics World, Jon Cartwright explains how the revelation that the US National Security Agency (NSA) is developing quantum computers has renewed interest and sparked debate on just how far ahead they are ...

Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have discovered what appears to be a potent stimulator of new bone growth. The finding could lead to new treatments for osteoporosis ...

Scientists have identified a way some viruses protect themselves from the immune system's efforts to stop infections, a finding that may make new approaches to treating viral infections possible. Viruses ...

Increasing numbers of children and adolescents are being given antipsychotic drugs in Germany, as Christian Bachmann and colleagues found out in a study published in the current ...

Piezoelectrics—materials that can change mechanical stress to electricity and back again—are everywhere in modern life. Computer hard drives. Loud speakers. Medical ultrasound. ...

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Consider the last time you dealt with an airline service mishap: a bag lost in transit, a flight delayed or canceled, or an overbooked plane. Are you more or less likely to make a formal complaint about ...

Amsterdam, NL, January 30, 2014 – About 80% of stroke survivors experience hemiparesis, which causes weakness or the ...

According to the National Institute of Mental Health, over 18 percent of American adults suffer from anxiety disorders, characterized as excessive ...

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The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission or TRMM satellite that observed the tropical low pressure area designated as System 91S earlier this week captured another look at a much weaker storm on January ...

BERKELEY, Calif. The National Energy Research Scientific Computing (NERSC) Center recently accepted "Edison," a new flagship supercomputer designed for scientific ...

PHILADELPHIA — Substances called adjuvants that enhance the body's immune response are critical to getting the most out of vaccines. These boosters stimulate ...

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When it comes to life's stressors, most people would ...

WASHINGTON, D.C., January 30, 2014 ─ The January/February 2014 issue of Educational Researcher (ER), a peer-reviewed ...