Deadly rise of Fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid
Fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid implicated in nearly 29,000 overdose deaths in the United States last year, most likely spread because of heroin and...
Antarctic researchers enter a state of ‘psychological hibernation’ to cope with the stresses of...
Antarctic researchers enter a state of 'psychological hibernation' to cope with the stresses of constant darkness, isolation and confinement, according to a new study.
Spending...
Marriage : with age, conflicts give way to humor and acceptance
Honeymoon long over? Hang in there.
A new University of California, Berkeley, study shows those prickly disagreements that can mark the early and middle years...
Chemicals used in personal care and household products are linked to girls entering puberty...
Chemicals that are widely used in personal care and household products are linked to girls entering puberty at earlier ages, according to findings from...
Researchers develop new therapies for pancreatic cancer
Patients diagnosed with pancreatic cancer face a poor prognosis because the tumor forms dense scar-like tissue that is difficult for chemotherapy drugs to penetrate,...
FraX is the most common cause of genetic mental retardation and a variant of...
Disorders of the autistic spectrum have been associated with hundreds of genetic variations, which have helped in identifying disturbed intracellular signalling pathways and molecular...
The Mediterranean diet is associated with lower obesity and cardiometabolic risk in adults
The Mediterranean diet is characterised by a high content of fruits, vegetables, olive oil, legumes and nuts. This healthy diet pattern has been associated...
How organisms detect new odors ?
It might seem like fruit flies would have nothing in common with computers, but new research from the Salk Institute reveals that the two...
Understanding the human visual system can improve artificial intelligence for driverless cars
Using precise brain measurements, Yale researchers predicted how people's eyes move when viewing natural scenes, an advance in understanding the human visual system that...
Found a shortcut to developing a new drug which can potentially reduce the time...
Developing a new drug often takes years and costs hundreds of millions of dollars. A shortcut has now been reported in a study led...
Plague exist in the wild on all continents except Australia and Western Europe… why...
When many moderns think of the plague, the uproarious "Bring Out Your Dead" skit by Monty Python probably comes to mind.
But in medieval Europe,...
Oils from garlic and several other common herbs and medicinal plants show strong activity...
Oils from garlic and several other common herbs and medicinal plants show strong activity against the bacterium that causes Lyme disease, according to a...
Why do we remain in romantic relationships that leave us unhappy and unfulfilled?
Why do we remain in romantic relationships that leave us unhappy and unfulfilled?
The answer in two new studies co-authored by a University of Toronto...
Patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia treated with Ibrutinib have a significantly lower rate of...
Results from an multi-institutional, phase 3 clinical trial show that older patients with chronic have a significantly lower rate of disease progression if treated...
Mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes pose a serious risk for breast and...
Mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes pose a serious risk for breast and ovarian cancer because they endanger the genomic stability of a...
