“It looks like the heavier the woman, the higher the risk,” said Dr. Sarah McDonald, associate professor in the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine's…
Stainless steel troughs are expensive, but not as expensive as Johne's disease. Caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium paratuberculosis, this disease can cause…
As Arctic ice recedes, countries are looking forward to faster, safer and more efficient sea routes across the top of the world. Responding to a request from…
The findings, published in the Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, show that male eczema sufferers had a lower risk of lung cancer while those with a…
University of California, Riverside biologists working on guppies – small freshwater fish that have been the subject of long-term studies – report that rapid…
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found that blocking one of the enzymatic steps that allow the tumor to produce androgens could be the key in…
Scientists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have succeeded in showing how it is possible to greatly expand the memory capacity of future computers…
The ability of SentryGlas® to create highly-resilient laminates with excellent post-breakage performance has allowed the façade engineering specialist Facal,…
However, scientists at Fraunhofer FIT has developed the next generation noncontact gesture and finger recognition system. The novel system detects hand and…
In the journal Review of Scientific Instruments, which is published by the American Institute of Physics, researchers report on a new way to accurately…
The tropics owe their stunning biodiversity to consistent year-round temperatures, not higher temperatures or more sunlight, according to a novel survey of…
University of Illinois graduate student Jennifer Rydzewski conducted a four-year survey of black-legged ticks (also known as deer ticks), their host animals,…
The first expedition to search for deep-sea hydrothermal vents along the Mid-Cayman Rise has turned up three distinct types of hydrothermal venting, reports an…
Researchers from Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland (the NORDynamIC project group) have observed that depressive symptoms in patients with hepatitis C virus…
At 1500 UTC (11 a.m. EDT) on July 20, Tropical Storm Chanthu's maximum sustained winds were near 46 mph (40 knots). Chantu was located about 240 nautical miles…
Viticulture is one of Europe's oldest economic sectors and left its mark on ancient civilisations. Since then, much has progressed in cultivation techniques –…