The research, funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and the British Heart Foundation (BHF), shows that malfunction of…
Sertoli cells form the blood-testes barrier that separates the blood compartment of the testes from the compartment of the seminiferous tubules. Once…
Pets can serve as important sources of social and emotional support for “everyday people,” not just individuals facing significant health challenges, according…
The sudden severing of rare earths supply was a frightening prospect as the minerals are key ingredients in a broad range of high-tech products, from…
More patients are tested and treated for osteoporosis when fracture clinics have someone dedicated to screening for the bone disease, a new study has found.Those patients also do better when the clinic actually provides bone mineral density (BMD) testing or prescription drug treatment as part of its program rather than just referring fracture patients elsewhere….
“I don’t remember how I got home from the party.” This could be a text from last night to one hard-partying college student from another. New research from…
The use of service robots in resident care facilities offers the potential to reduce the workload on carers, thereby allowing them to spend more time with…
In experiments with mice, they switched off the cannabinoid-1 receptor. As a consequence, the animals showed signs of degeneration – as seen in people with…
The U-M School of Public Health study also reported suggestive findings consistent with a previously reported link between a chemical called bisphenol-A and…
The plant processes 50 cubic meters of water per day, consuming only 1.5 kilowatt-hours of electricity per cubic meter. The most efficient desalination…
When biomass is fermented to produce methane, acids are created, and if the acid concentration gets too high, the process collapses and the facility has to be…
Research published today in the international journal Oecologia sheds new light on the dispersal of marine fish in their larval stages, important information…
The purpose of the study, which was conducted at RWTH Aachen (Germany) and Radboud University (Nijmegen, Netherlands), was to uncover how depth perception came…
Fame is the No. 1 value emphasized by television shows popular with 9- to 11-year-olds, a dramatic change over the past 10 years, UCLA psychologists report in…
A Johns Hopkins infectious disease expert is calling for all sexually active American women age 40 and older to get tested for the parasite Trichomonas…
The study, which was supported by the German Research Foundation, brought together scientists from the Universities of Bonn and Köln, as well as from the…
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