The more children young parents have, the unhappier they are. From age 40 on, however, it is the other way round. Then, more children generally mean more…
Today the eastern third of the U.S. is being buffered by a large storm that stretches from southeastern Minnesota east to Wisconsin and Michigan, then south…
In the fall of 1917, a new strain of influenza swirled around the globe. At first, it resembled a typical flu epidemic: Most deaths occurred among the elderly,…
Researchers from Rice University and Georgia Institute of Technology have found support for the theory that the brain has three concentric layers of working…
A new study sheds light–both literally and figuratively–on the intricate brain cell connections responsible for anxiety.Scientists at Stanford University…
The research project led by The University of Nottingham and The Open University has shown that school children who took the lead in investigating science…
The researchers are testing the compound's effectiveness at fighting tumors in mice. If it is successful, they will then work to develop a drug based on the…
Researchers found tiger and thresher sharks showed the ability to orient at large distances, with tiger sharks swimming in direct paths at least 4 miles away…
The finding, published in the March 9th issue of PLoS ONE, a scientific journal produced by the Public Library of Science, provides a basis for developing a…
The team of immunologists led by Drs Ghaem-Maghami and Martinez-Pomares in the University's School of Molecular Medical Sciences, and funded by the charity…
The study, published in the April edition of the journal Pediatrics, found passive smoking increased the risk of still birth by almost one-quarter (23 per…
Johns Hopkins Children's Center researchers have discovered that most children with severe cerebral palsy have starkly asymmetric pelvic bones. The newly…
From neurosurgery to bar code readers, lasers have been used in a myriad of applications since they were first introduced in the late 1950's. Now, with the…
Providing further understanding of the link between low birth weights and obesity later in life, researchers found nutritionally deprived newborns are…
The study, authored by Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute (CHORI) scientists Dan Granoff, MD, and Peter Beernink, PhD, and colleagues at the…
However, genebanks are modern institutions that were established after many of the old cultivars were no longer in use. The seeds stored for old cultivars were…