Millions of middle-aged and older men experience the symptoms of an enlarged prostate multiple times during the day and night. What they may not know is that…
Nature uses alpha-amino acid building blocks to assemble the proteins that make life as we know it possible. Chemists at Yale now report evidence that nature…
Earthquakes and volcanic activity occur when the tectonic plates that make up Earth's surface move apart or converge. While this activity is relatively easy to…
Right now some tubeworm tartare and clams on the half shell would really hit the spot, so you're headed for the all-night café. “All-night” being the operative…
An often-used tool to diagnose very common and sometimes limb-threatening bone infections in persons with diabetes may not be as reliable as many once…
Within the cochlea of the inner ear, sound waves cause the basilar membrane to vibrate. These vibrations stimulate hair cells, which then trigger nerve…
A greenhouse gas that has become the bane of modern society may have saved Earth from completely freezing over early in the planet's history, according to the…
Scientists have theorized for years that high concentrations of greenhouse gases could have helped Earth avoid global freezing in its youth by allowing the…
An international team of researchers identified two genes that contribute to Cornelia deLange syndrome (CdLS), a multisystem genetic disease that affects an…
In a collaborative investigation performed by an experimental team and a theoretical physics team, the group discovered that measured fluctuations in the…
This research illustrates the rapid progress that is currently being made by real-time nano-microscopy. Within 5 years this research area should be able to…
In a study appearing online this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the UT Southwestern scientists detail how the toxin blocks…
This is the first identification of a gene that increases susceptibility to cerebral palsy. Results of the study, published in the February issue of the…
Previous studies have shown that social isolation, or having few interactions with others, is associated with an increased risk of dementia and cognitive…
In a study to be published in this week's online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences researchers led by Jan Karlseder, Ph.D.,…
Researchers have now reported real-life evidence in support of this theory. Studying an African chiclid fish species, Pelvicachromis taetiatus, in which both…
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