'This type of bullying can be more serious than conventional bullying. At least with conventional bullying the victim is left alone on evenings and weekends',…
A Michigan State University professor says if the world is to make better decisions when it comes to developing new energy sources, it needs to have better…
Some say the world's population will swell to 9 billion people by 2030 and that will present significant challenges for agriculture to provide enough food to…
The high degree of specialisation in today's work life demands that many occupational groups stay updated on new developments in their fields. In the research…
Gunilla Priebe has studied the international research alliance the Multilateral Initiative on Malaria (MIM), which advocates for malaria research in general…
Many species of animal have skin or fur with intricate pigmentation patterns, which they use for camouflage, communication, regulation of body heat and…
Of the 200,000 men newly diagnosed with prostate cancer each year in the United States, about one-third will undergo surgical treatment. Although open radical…
Published early online in Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study suggests that young male cancer survivors with testosterone…
These attitudes among blacks may help explain the puzzling racial disparities in lung cancer treatment outcomes that have been documented over the past 25…
The AAAS meeting, America’s largest annual general scientific conference, is expected to draw as many as 8,000 attendees from 50 countries. The theme of this…
The scientists–at ARS laboratories in Aberdeen, Idaho; Wapato, Wash., and other locations–conducted separate studies of Muscodor. However, their goal was the…
Polystyrene is regarded as one of the materials that is hazardous to the environment as it needs more than 100 years to degrade into the ground. In fact,…
Microalgae are photosynthetic organisms that appeared on Earth more than three billion years ago. Diatoms, Euglena and other members of this family typically…
Diversity may be the spice of life, but it’s also the key to an effective immune system, as B lymphocytes rely on extensive recombination to shuffle their…
Organic compounds containing double or triple bonds can pack a powerful punch. By sharing electrons between atoms through a process called pi conjugation,…
Despite being criticized as a poor rice producer because of its status as the world's biggest rice importer, the Philippines has actually done remarkably well…