Among a group of women with symptoms of angina who were tested for a suspected coronary blockage, nearly 3 times as many black women as white women died of heart disease.
Sep 5, 2013
The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have been hard on military marriages, with the risk of divorce rising directly in relation to the length of time enlisted service members have been deployed to combat zones, according to a new RAND Corporation study.
Sep 5, 2013
The weakly electric fish, so named because it generates a weak electric field, can do some very cool things.
Sep 4, 2013
The results of research conducted by professors at UC Santa Barbara and colleagues mark the beginning of a new paradigm for our understanding of the history of Earth's great global ice sheets.
Sep 4, 2013
Sumagen Canada Inc and Western University announced today that the Phase I Clinical Trial (SAV CT 01) of the first and only preventative HIV vaccine based on a…
Sep 4, 2013
For years, scientists have observed that the black hole at the center of our galaxy has a surprisingly small appetite.
Aug 30, 2013
A new report appearing in the September issue of The FASEB Journal challenges the long-held adage that significant muscle loss is unavoidable when losing weight through exercise and diet.
Aug 29, 2013
Physicists have reproduced a pattern resembling the cosmic microwave background radiation in a laboratory simulation of the Big Bang, using ultracold cesium atoms in a vacuum chamber at the University of Chicago.
Aug 29, 2013
Surgeons at University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, are working to reduce serious complications that have been known to occur with colorectal operations.
Aug 28, 2013
Techniques developed by astronomers seeking a clear view of objects in space are coming closer to home, as eye care professionals apply the concept of…
Aug 27, 2013
While it's rare for a parent to fabricate an illness in their child, a McMaster University researcher says physicians and other health professionals need to be on the alert for this form of child abuse.
Aug 26, 2013
Federal law gives the Justice Department better options in dealing with marijuana legalization in Colorado and the state of Washington than a complete…
Aug 23, 2013
Who built them—slaves, or well-compensated workers? How were they built? What are they made of?
Aug 23, 2013
It is well known to scientists that the three common phases of water – ice, liquid and vapor – can exist stably together only at a particular temperature and pressure, called the triple point.
Aug 21, 2013
