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Differences in the cells that give skin its resilience and strength during wound repair...
Differences in the cells that give skin its resilience and strength during wound repair may explain why individuals heal differently, according to a new...
Men who consume more leafy vegetables and regularly drink orange juice were less likely...
Eating leafy greens, dark orange and red vegetables and berry fruits, and drinking orange juice may be associated with a lower risk of memory...
Researchers consider why some people enjoy the thrill of Black Friday shopping, and why...
If the thought of taking part in the annual ritual of Black Friday gives you cold chills rather than a rush of excitement, you’re...
ESA’s Mars Express has imaged an intriguing part of the Red Planet’s surface
ESA's Mars Express has imaged an intriguing part of the Red Planet's surface: a rocky, fragmented, furrowed escarpment lying at the boundary of the...
Mars is Earth’s next-of-kin – may be our next home
In our solar system family, Mars is Earth's next-of-kin, the next-door relative that has captivated humans for millennia.
The attraction is sure to grow with...
A destructive earthquake that struck New Zealand two years ago has left its two...
A destructive earthquake that struck New Zealand two years ago has left its two main islands edging towards each other, and one city sinking,...
Some brain-injured people left with disorders of consciousness nevertheless show normal brain responses to...
Some brain-injured people left with disorders of consciousness—unable to communicate or respond, such as people in a coma—nevertheless show normal brain responses to spoken...
Researchers have found that imagining a sound can be just as effective in breaking...
Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the University of Colorado, Boulder, have found that imagining a sound can be...
Researchers discovered how Hantaviruses infect lung cells
Hantaviruses cause severe and sometimes fatal respiratory infections, but how they infect lung cells has been a mystery.
In today's issue of Nature, an international...
Making good decisions typically involves gathering information over at least several seconds
Making good decisions typically involves gathering information over at least several seconds, much longer than the time that individual brain cells take to process...
Sweetened drinks pose a greater risk of type 2 diabetes than most other foods...
Sweetened drinks pose a greater risk of type 2 diabetes than most other foods containing fructose, a naturally occurring sugar, finds an evidence review...
Women who work intermittent night shifts and do not follow a healthy lifestyle face...
Women who work intermittent night shifts and do not follow a healthy lifestyle face an especially high risk of type 2 diabetes, suggests a...
At a mere five months of age, babies seemingly have the ability to recognize...
At a mere five months of age, babies seemingly have the ability to recognize very complex grammatical structures.
That is what a research team...
When a pathogen enters their colony, ants change their behavior to avoid the outbreak...
When a pathogen enters their colony, ants change their behavior to avoid the outbreak of disease. In this way, they protect the queen, brood...
Polish researchers claim their find overturns the notion that the only giant plant-eaters at...
A giant, plant-eating creature with a beak-like mouth and reptilian features may have roamed the Earth during the late Triassic period more than 200...
