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The U.S. Department of Energy is making available to university researchers a nuclear reactor test facility in southeast Idaho so they might learn how to build better nuclear power plants.
University of Cincinnati researchers hope their study of the tiny black-and-white striped zebrafish, whose systems closely track those of humans, will lead to enhanced research on human diseases.
A federal patient privacy rule has had a chilling effect on medical research, making it tougher to recruit patients and use their health records, the first national survey on the topic suggests.
A group of Washington University researchers will head to Antarctica later this month to learn more about the continent's geologic origins.
Pfizer Inc., the world's largest drugmaker, is the world's biggest spender on research, the European Commission said Friday.
In a leap forward for stem cell research, three independent teams of scientists reported Wednesday that they have produced the equivalent of embryonic stem cells in mice without the controversial destruction of embryos....
The government's work to prevent an influenza pandemic took on a more academic look Monday when it selected six universities and medical centers to help lead research efforts.
The first potential bird flu vaccine for humans to help prevent a widespread outbreak in the US won support from US experts on Tuesday as an interim measure until better versions come along.
The television spot shows a 40-year-old woman, in slow motion, as her family and co-workers rush by over the course of a day. It ends with her sitting alone, amid the remnants of a birthday party.
Pregnant women who suffer from diabetes are more likely to have a child with memory problems, according to a new study.
The newly discovered “superhighway” (red tube) connects the ventricles (shown in light purple in the middle of the brain) with the tiny olfactory bulb (bottom left) (Image: Jonathan Westin)
Concluding that there is an inadequate supply of marijuana for medical research, an administrative law judge has recommended to the Drug Enforcement Administration that it grant a Massachusetts professor's application to grow the drug in bulk.
People who are fully bilingual and speak both languages every day for most of their lives can delay the onset of dementia by up to four years compared with those who only know one language, Canadian scientists said on Friday.
Female mice exposed to a common chemical found in plastics while in the womb develop abnormal eggs, according to a new study. Based on this finding, researchers speculate that the chemical, bisphenol A, might increase the risk of spontaneous abortion and genetic disorders in humans, such as Down's syndrome.
Confused by conflicting advice on nutrition and health? Then try ignoring any conclusions backed by the beverage industry. Corporate funding of research into non-alcoholic drinks biases findings in favour of manufacturers’ products, a new study has found.
A University of Idaho researcher is hoping to harness the power of tiny fungi to combat an invasive weed that ranchers blame for crowding out nutritious forage for their livestock. George Newcombe is busy inside a greenhouse on the school's Moscow campus working with so-called endophytes that live in spotted knapweed, considered one of the West's most-destructive noxious weeds.
People who receive stem cell transplants for diseases such as leukaemia appear to face a higher risk of developing secondary cancers, especially if the cells come from a female donor, according to a preliminary study.
The new PlayStation 3 isn't all about entertainment. That's the message Sony Corp. is trying to convey in announcing that the new game consoles — as powerful as supercomputers — can help Stanford University researchers analyze complex human protein structures and perhaps find cures for cancer, Alzheimer's and other ailments.
Nearly 40 percent of the scientists conducting hands-on research at the National Institutes of Health say they are looking for other jobs or are considering doing so to escape new ethics rules that have curtailed their opportunity to earn outside income.
Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner says his deep Christian faith led to his decision to appear in a television ad opposing a proposed constitutional amendment in Missouri.
Fasting may improve recovery from spinal cord injury, according to a new rodent study.
A research center has dropped a controversial proposal to conduct medical experiments on up to 100 endangered African monkeys that are natural carriers of a form of the AIDS virus but do not get sick from it.
A Fairbanks man bulldozed his way through four long-term forest research projects as he cut a trail to property on the Tanana River, state officials said. The damage may ruin the University of Alaska Fairbanks research projects that have been ongoing for more than 20 years.
Survivors of childhood cancer are highly likely to face chronic health problems later in life, researchers report. Doctors need to monitor these patients more closely for medical complications, experts warn.
West Virginia University's Health Sciences Center is looking for a few good scientists — 42 of them, to be exact. And they need to be more than good; WVU wants the best.
A third team of researchers has found a way to convert an ordinary skin cell into valued embryonic-like stem cells, with the potential to grow batches of cells that can be directed to form any kind of tissue.
Passed in 2002 by one vote, the Support Anti-Terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies (SAFETY) Act provides limited liability protection to companies and/or organizations that have technologies, products or services that could be used to combat terrorism.
It is barely a drop of ink in the gargantuan omnibus spending bill that Congress just passed.
Within the next few months, researchers at three medical centers expect to start the first test in patients of one of the most promising — and contentious — ideas about the cause and treatment of cancer.
A debate over an unproven hypothesis, which says cancers are fed by cancerous stem cells, could affect the direction of research.
The causes of autism remain largely shrouded in mystery, but there are some types of the disorder that can be traced to specific gene defects.
Race is a senseless fake classification of human beings, which does not have any scientific or biological base. The concept of race was actually developed for giving power and authority to white people and to strengthen the dominance of white group over the non-white group.
Everything you've always wanted to know about why monkeys shout during sex but were afraid to ask. Excerpt- ''They found when shouting occurred, thrusting increased. In other words, hollering led to more vigorous sex.
Scientists believe they have worked out the secret to winning at paper, scissors, stone.
Scientists could be on the verge of a new treatment for autism, if the results of animal research hold up in people.
Harry Potter may not have talked much about plasmonics in J. K. Rowling's fantasy series, but University of Maryland researchers are using this emerging technology to develop an invisibility cloak that exists beyond the world of bespectacled teenage wizards.
The mistreatment and mishandling of ethnic revolt could turn into separation movement and could finally give a birth of new "Nation-State." This article would deal with the contextual strategic analysis of ongoing unrecognized Madheshi ethnic revolt of Nepal, contemporary sen …
Scientists using computer simulations have developed new DNA sequencing technique.
The new Merck/Merial Manual for Pet Health: Home Edition (Merck & Company, $22.95), an exhaustive guide to the illnesses and care of many of the species that humans, sensibly or not, have turned to for companionship, aims to help out.
More and more young men are choosing to visit prostitutes. One writer asks them why.
The Mingyong glacier, China's lowest, is retreating at a rate that astonishes scientists. The glacier helps feed rivers that deliver water to hundreds of millions of people — and no one knows what will happen as it continues to melt.
A glacier on one of Tibetan Buddhism's eight sacred mountains is receding at an historic pace due to climate change, a new study finds. The Mingyong Glacier, considered sacred by Tibetan Buddhists, is melting due to rising temperatures that are double the average global trend
Is there a switch that turns you gay? That's the startling question raised again by a recent experiment in which scientists said they were able to turn on and off homosexual behavior in fruit flies.
Researchers are using Facebook habits to study how tastes and values affect the formation of social relationships.
More Americans are Googling themselves - and many are checking out their friends, co-workers and romantic interests, too.
More than 80 percent of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections are transmitted via sexual intercourse. And researchers may have discovered at least one reason why.
Sniffing people are irritating- Official!
Violence is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in South Africa and needs to be researched from a public health perspective. Typically in violence research, socioeconomic position is used in the analysis to control for confounding.
Is it just me, or are we ignoring the implications of the placebo effect? If sugar pills and saline injections have some efficacy against practically every affliction known to man, maybe we're wasting our time with all this "reproducible results" and "scientific integrity" folder …
The government has pledged to double funding to help reduce and replace the use of animals in research, it emerged today.
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