Bacteria in the human body are sharing genes with one another at a higher rate than is typically seen in nature, and some of those genes appear to be traveling…
Apr 11, 2019
Researchers at the Center for BrainHealth®, part of The University of Texas at Dallas, investigated the effects of combining two non-pharmacological…
Apr 11, 2019
A combination of over-the-counter antioxidants shows promise for mitigating some damaging effects of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), a new study reports.
Apr 9, 2019
In the past three decades, almost 4,000 planet-like objects have been discovered orbiting isolated stars outside the Solar System (exoplanets). Beginning in…
Apr 9, 2019
In the 1950s and early '60s, with the Cold War at its peak, the United States flew U2 spy planes across Europe, the Middle East, and central eastern Asia, taking images of interesting military targets.
Apr 9, 2019
The UW team exposed bacteria expressing an antibiotic resistance gene to UV light to see how rapidly the gene would be damaged.Mark Stone/University of…
Apr 8, 2019
On the night that Titus fell His night nest was not empty, Not empty, but silent.
Apr 5, 2019
Inside the body, disease and injury can leave behind quite the mess -- a scattering of cellular debris, like bits of broken glass, rubber and steel left behind in a car accident.
Apr 5, 2019
Parkinson's is the most common, chronic neurodegenerative movement disorder affecting 1% of the global population over seventy years of age.
Apr 5, 2019
A potential new immune-based therapy to treat precancers in the cervix completely eliminated both the lesion and the underlying HPV infection in a third of women enrolled in a clinical trial.
Apr 4, 2019
In the years following bariatric surgery, a person's overall eating behaviors and the amount of time spent watching television, playing video games and using a…
Apr 4, 2019
A new study released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) finds greenhouse gas emissions from corn-based ethanol are about 39 percent lower than gasoline.
Apr 3, 2019
In a study published in Economics & Human Biology, researchers from Lehigh University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison found that pregnant women who…
Apr 3, 2019
Finding early-stage biological markers of Alzheimer’s disease to predict who will and won’t progress to dementia is an evolving area of research.
Apr 3, 2019
