A team of researchers from China and the University of Oregon have developed an approach for neuroscientists to study how meditation might provide improvements…
The IT job market hasn’t been so robust since the late 1990s, but explosive success is breeding serious shortages in high-quality IT talent, with potential…
Scientists had previously established that certain types of aphids live in colonies where they are used as a food source by a neighbouring colony of ants. The…
“This study was important because it reassures a patient with prostate cancer that the methods that are available at his local hospital may, in many cases, be…
The international team from the US, UK and Finland studied the maternity records of more than 6,000 women born in Helsinki from 1934 to 1944 whose mothers'…
“Excellence with Impact” shows that the Research Council’s annual investment of around £2.8 billion of Government funding translates into world-class research,…
Their report, which will appear in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, describes how a small molecule called C2-8 appears to delay the loss of…
The study, carried out by Doctor Patricia Cabrera Roldán, and directed by Professor José Expósito Hernández, revealed that the application of radiotherapy…
New York City’s infant mortality rate – widely regarded as a barometer of a population’s general health – fell slightly in 2006, the Health Department reported…
The research, to be published Friday in the journal Science, demonstrates for the first time that the reproductive success of steelhead trout, an important…
“City and local leaders are critical players in the effort to reduce global warming, and it’s clear that their constituents want action,” said Anthony…
Health researchers commonly use body mass index (BMI), calculated as weight in kilograms divided by the height in meters squared, in weight-related health…
The study, conducted by Professor Daya Somasundaram, currently at the University of Adelaide, is based on published data and qualitative research methods…
While many scientists feel that fossils can offer insights from the ancient past, others have been reluctant to use extinct species because the data they offer…
For this reason, immigrant teenagers have a lower probability of suffering from obesity, diabetes and other cardiovascular diseases caused by bad eating…
After falling for several decades, the incidence of smoking in movies started increasing around 1990 and, by 2000 was comparable to 1950 levels. Young…
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