A new analysis provides a closer look at how much cancer patients value hope — with important implications for how insurers value treatment, particularly in…
In the face of mass deforestation of the Amazon, recent findings indicate that we could learn from its earliest inhabitants who managed their farmland…
The situation was reviewed after three years and showed a positive outcome: The time that elapses before a multinational clinical trial is authorised in all…
Contrary to popular perception, a large proportion of obese Americans can and do lose weight, say researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. What's…
Professor LUO Wenyu and his group from the State Key Laboratory of Acoustics, Institute of Acoustics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, set out to tackle this…
For more than four centuries botanists have been trying to comprehend the abundance encountered on all continents, habitats and climatic regions. However,…
Professor FAN Yubo and his group from the Key Laboratory for Biomechanics and Mechanobiology of the Ministry of Education, School of Biological Science and…
Each of the six studies uses the latest concepts and methods in geographic information systems (GIS)-based research to determine how the geographic location…
In order for the nation to achieve goals set by the federal government for reducing obesity rates by 2020, children in the United States would need to…
Meningioma, the most common primary brain tumor in the United States, accounts for about 33 percent of all primary brain tumors. The most consistently…
It can be used, wherever metals are exposed to strong weather conditions, aggressive gases, salty media, extensive wear and tear or high pressure. From 23 to…
New research into the impact of climate change on Chinese cereal crops has found rainfall has a greater impact than rising temperature. The research, published…
Mutations in hundreds of genes involved in wiring the brain may contribute to the development of autism spectrum disorders (ASD). That is one of the rather…
During a routine screening in 2010, personnel at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in North Carolina discovered Bacillus cereus bacteria in samples dispensed…
Chi M. Phan and colleagues point out that the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle made an early attempt to explain flotation around 350 B.C. Today, most people…
That effort is the topic of an article in the current edition of Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN). C&EN is the weekly newsmagazine of the American Chemical…
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