Month: October 2019

A blood test which could help to accelerate the diagnosis of brain cancer has been…

Examining the position occupied by tombs in their landscape in Prepalatial Crete gives us new…

Researchers are engaged in intensive work on the components of quantum technologies – these include…

Scientists have developed a deep-learning based motion-capture software that uses multiple camera views to model…

Sperm quality can be improved with a simple diet supplement containing a compound found in…

The glacial relict amphipod Gammaracanthus lacustris only occurs in deep and cold waters. A new…

A study reveals for the first time that three-year-olds use gestural and prosodic precursors in…

Oxygen threatens sustainable catalysts that use hydrogen to produce electricity in fuel cells. Researchers have…

If you thought a glass or two of alcohol on special occasions was safe during…

A laboratory study offers a new hypothesis about how ovarian cancer forms and suggests how…

Throughout life, women’s fertility curve goes up and down, and researchers have now shown why….

On a map, submarine canyons seem identical to land canyons — so much so that…

A hot, molten Earth would be around 5% larger than its solid counterpart. The difference…

Chemists have succeeded in synthesizing two complex natural products from the group of dithiodiketopiperazines (DTPs)….

Neurons are not randomly arranged in the human brain. In the cortex, they are organized…

The calorie content of popular starters, sides and desserts served in UK restaurant chains is…

Scientists have combined archaeological, genetic and stable isotope data to understand the demographic processes associated…

In this article by Merino and colleagues (BMJ 2019;366:l4292, doi:10.1136/bmj.l4292, published 25 July), the authorship…

Scientists have provided an explanation of how chromosomes undergo structural changes during cell differentiation. Read…

A new study found multiple effects on soils from exposure to manure from cows administered…

It is common knowledge that there is a connection between our genes and the risk…

Physicists at Stockholm University and the Max Planck Institute for Physics have turned to plasmas…

Depression, self-harm and suicidal ideation are more prominent in adults in their early twenties if…

Scientists have studied the diversity of tropical parasitoid wasps for years. Parasitoid wasps are among…

Good morning. Elizabeth Cooney here today, filling in for Ed Silverman. In his spirit, I…

A study examining parents’ vocabulary and grammar as an influence on children’s acquisition of English,…

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2019 is being awarded to John B. Goodenough, M. Stanley…

Over a third of women in four low and middle income countries have experienced mistreatment…

People who lose weight and keep it off can stabilize or even improve their cardiometabolic…

A vaccine for the common and sometimes deadly RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) has been elusive,…

Identifying how groups of animals select where to live is important for understanding social dynamics…

In Germany alone there are around 400,000 patients who suffer from chronic inflammatory bowel diseases….

A study of nearly 65,000 people suggests that devices coated with a drug called paclitaxel…

A new study has found that culling drives badgers to roam 61% further afield —…

It’s nearly that time of the year again—or at least it used to be. Now…

The studyPeden CJ, Stephens T, Martin G et al. Effectiveness of a national quality improvement…

A member of my daughter’s healthcare team was chasing me down the corridor, waving Daisy’s…

As Puma Biotechnology (PBYI) struggles to meet sales goals and expand usage for its all-important…

The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review, commonly known as ICER, wants everyone to believe…

Since its recall in 2004, the pain drug Vioxx has been a symbol of pharmaceutical…

NEW YORK — U.S. infections from three sexually transmitted diseases have risen for the fifth…

A significant percentage of pregnant women are not getting a pair of critically important vaccines…

Good morning, everyone, and how are you today? We are doing just fine, thank you,…

During 2017 and 2018, drug makers raised prices on seven widely used medicines by large…

The past 12 months haven’t been an easy time for the BMA, with challenges over…

The Ebola outbreak in west Africa in 2014-16 exposed many flaws in the global response…

Summary pointsIn a prospective meta-analysis (PMA), studies are identified and determined to be eligible for…

NHS England and NHS Improvement have launched “Where Best Next?”—a campaign to reduce the number…

“Clean eating” might be taking the desire for eating only healthy foods a bit too…

The world 30 years from now will suffer from excruciating and more common heat waves….