A team of Scottish researchers found that taking too much paracetamol on a regular basis puts a patient at high risk of an accidental overdose.
A paper,...
A team of scientists led by chemist Robert Doyle demonstrated, for the first time, that a critical hormone that helps people feel full after eating can...
Japanese researchers have discovered a hitherto unknown population of coelacanths, a fish species known as a living fossil, off southeast Africa, according...
Researchers from MIT and Children’s Hospital Boston have built cardiac patches studded with tiny gold wires that could be used to create pieces of tissue...
Researchers found that children who are poor readers have the same brain difficulty in processing the sounds of language whether they have a high or low...
Scientists at Harvard University have created a material that repels just about any type of liquid, including blood and oil, and does so even under harsh...
Dutch researchers revealed that the more fruits and vegetables you eat, especially white-fleshed goodies, the more you protect yourself against stroke.
It...
Scientists have found that larger groups of great and blue tits are better at solving problems than smaller ones, according to a press release of Oxford...
On-line gamers have solved the structure of a retrovirus enzyme whose configuration had stymied scientists, according to a press release from National...
A researcher in the School of Biological Sciences, Kate Charlton-Robb, unearthed the remarkable findings, showing that coastal dolphins in southern Australia...
A study led by Stanford University researchers at a waterhole in Namibia, shows that in years of low rainfall, when resources are scarce, some male elephants...
Researchers from the International Consortium for Blood Pressure Genome-Wide Association Studies have identified a total of 23 gene regions associated...
Researchers have discovered why butterflies have the capacity to change their wing patterns to mimic neighbouring species and ensure their survival from...
The cause of loud sounds generated by males of some hummingbird species has been identified for the first time.
A paper published in the September 9 issue...
German researchers have found that sniffer dogs can help physicians make early yet reliable detections of lung cancer in patients, according to the European...
Cardiologists at Royal Brompton Hospital, UK have discovered that scanning the heart using cardiovascular magnetic resonance can better diagnose and treat...
An international team of researchers has identified two new genes connected with hereditary renal diseases.
The team of scientists from Canada, Germany,...
Scientists have discovered a genetic cause of extreme thinness for the first time, according to a study published today in the journal Nature.
The research...
The green anole lizard Anolis carolinensis, a native of the Southeastern United States, is the first nonbird species of reptile to have its genome sequenced...