Research looking at DNA from Iberian lynx fossils shows that they have had very little genetic variation over the last 50,000 years, suggesting that a small…
Now researchers at Duke University Medical Center have discovered a mechanism that helps to explain the stress response in terms of DNA damage. “We believe…
“The current 'Great Recession' in Europe and America has had particularly severe consequences for young workers,” said University of Minnesota sociology…
Since rates were first measured in 1987, more women got a mammogram each year than in the year before — that is, until 2005. That year saw the first-ever drop…
But when it comes to large weight gains, the effects of marital transitions are quite different for men than they are for women.For men, the risk of a large…
The findings, which will be published online Aug. 22 in Annals of Neurology, a journal of the American Neurological Association and Child Neurology Society,…
Geographers at Göttingen University are coordinating a large-scale project for studying the Amazon basin. The research focuses on the analysis and development…
Now a group of physicians and scientists has published an important paper that recommends strategies for national screening for critical CHD, using a simple,…
Communities with greater levels of disorganization, marked by higher percentages of people living in poverty and in women-headed households with children and…
Scientists are constantly on the hunt for treatments that can selectively target cancer cells, leaving other cells in our bodies unharmed. Now, Prof. Eytan…
Williams attributes the decrease in monarchs to the loss of milkweed from use of “Roundup Ready” crops, land development, illegal logging at the wintering…
In early August, four faculty members from Kansas State University's College of Agriculture and College of Engineering received an $800,000 grant from the U.S….
Study May Explain Chromosomal Fragility Associated with Certain Human DiseasesResearchers at NYU School of Medicine have discovered the cellular mechanisms…
This project begins three years after beads of liquid brine were first photographed on one of the Mars Phoenix lander's legs. “On Earth, everywhere there's…
To probe the evolution of atomic nuclei with different shape —a factor which affects atomic stability—a large team of international researchers has added…
Fitting the screens of electronic devices, such as televisions and smartphones, with a new display technology called ‘organic light-emitting diodes’ (OLEDs)…
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