Using a novel analytical process, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology found that the complex antifungal molecules are not distributed evenly…
A new study released today in the EarlyView of Ecology Letters addresses forest productivity trends in Alaska, highlighting a shift in biomes caused by a…
Inflammatory reactions come in several flavors—Th1 and Th2, for example—each classified according to the proteins, or cytokines, that predominate. Tumors are…
Climate change is already having an effect on the safety of the world's food supplies and unless action is taken it's only going to get worse, a Michigan State…
Congenital heart diseases affect approximately one in 100 patients, making them the most common type of birth defect and the number-one cause of pediatric…
In two separate but related studies at University Health Network (UHN), Toronto, and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre (BIDMC), Boston, the scientists…
“Contrary to our expectations, we observed no clear association between volume and sensitivity,” said the study's lead author, Diana S.M. Buist, Ph.D., M.P.H.,…
Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have developed an experimental vaccine that appears to protect against an increasingly…
In recent years, researchers at Lund University, Sweden, have developed a technique that can identify in advance which patients belong to this risk group….
Brain imaging studies of blind people as they read words in Braille show activity in precisely the same part of the brain that lights up when sighted readers…
“Significant snowfall and record low temperatures, especially with the wind chills, have disrupted markets and pushed both cattle and cattle managers well out…
An article in the February 2011 issue of Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety (CRFSFS) discussed how orange sweet potatoes could help prevent…
Those behaviors often end once the mating is complete. But male and female insects continue to influence each other on molecular, cellular and physiological…
“Many people falsely believe that the benefits of exercise will be found in a pill,” said Mark Tarnopolsky, principal investigator of the study and a professor…
Harmful algal blooms (HABs) are caused by single-celled plants, or phytoplankton, in coastal waters and have a negative impact on coastal ecosystems worldwide,…
But the fact that researchers in the various disciplines formulate the problems differently and use different scientific methods means that they often reach…
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