Now, Jens Walter and colleagues of the University of Nebraska show that changes in cholesterol metabolism induced by diet can alter the gut flora. The research…
HIV is thought to have originated from chimpanzees in central Africa that were infected with simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV), a retrovirus. “If you look at…
Now, researchers from the University of Pennsylvania have come up with a theory for moving this phenomenon onto the quantum scale, laying out blueprints for…
Their results show that ozone, even at levels below current air-quality standards in most parts of the world, has significant negative impacts on worker…
The study indicates that the brine flowback elements found in high levels in the late stages of hydraulic fracturing come from the ancient brines rather than…
About 30 percent of the more than 70,000 bladder cancer cases expected in 2012 are muscle invasive. In such cases, radical cystectomy is the preferred…
Among HIV patients receiving well-organized care with free access to antiretroviral therapy, those who smoke lose more years of life to smoking than to HIV,…
For the study, which used eye-tracking technology, participants who observed groups of strangers were able to accurately predict who would emerge as leader of…
The first study, appearing in the December 2012 print issue of PLOS ONE, investigated the causes, characteristics and trends of pediatric TBIs in China and…
Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is highly malodorous and often occurs in sewer systems during dry and warm climate periods. Sewer gas filters mounted into the shaft…
“Nerve injury in both central nervous system and peripheral nervous system is a major health problem,” said Mohammad Reza Abidian, assistant professor of…
Imagine riding in an airplane as the plane is jolted back and forth by gusts of wind that you can’t prove exist but are there nonetheless.Similar turbulence…
Unfortunately, there isn’t a quick way to screen for people exposed to dangerous levels of radiation. There also isn’t a quick way to distinguish between…
The model predicts that outbreaks of chikungunya, a painful virus transported by travelers and spread by the invasive Asian tiger mosquito, could occur in 2013…
“We started to research the question because professional recommendations around milk intake were unclear and doctors and parents were seeking answers,” said…
“We detected thousands of unique microbial species, many of which seem particularly well-suited for atmospheric transport,” says first author David J. Smith, a…
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