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Scientists have demonstrated that a form of behavioral therapy can augment antidepressant treatment of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) better than an antipsychotic. The researchers recommend that this specific form o...

For Syrians who have escaped civil war, a temporary home in Jordan It has a population of 122,017, it's just over a year old, and almost every resident is there because they fled a brutal civil war. The Zaatri refugee ca...

Rates of physical and sexual abuse of children have declined over the last 20 years, but for reasons not fully understood. Yet, reports of psychological and emotional child abuse have risen in the same period, and data v...

A new study has shown that, contrary to popular belief, local domestic animals are unlikely to be the major source of antibiotic resistant Salmonella in humans.

Type 2 diabetes independently increases the risk of heart disease in premenopausal women, according to new research.

Measuring sodium in a child's urine may help doctors identify those at risk for having high blood pressure later in life, according to a new study.

A team scientists has determined the high-resolution atomic structure of a cell-surface receptor that most strains of HIV use to get into human immune cells. The researchers also showed where maraviroc, an HIV drug, atta...

Researchers have identified a sensor pathway inside cells. These internal sensors are like motion detectors inside a house; they trigger an alarm that signals for help -- a response from the immune system.

We often think of human cells as tiny computers that perform assigned tasks, where disease is a result of a malfunction. But researchers now offer a radical view of health -- seeing it more as a cooperative state among c...

A jumping bug is the only critter known to have meshing gears, which ensure that its hind legs move simultaneously when it leaps     

We salute one noble creature's unwitting sacrifice for space exploration as a frog gets caught up in a fiery NASA launch     

Forget fingerprint ID – security software that learns how you tap on your phone's screen can identify you with 99 per cent accuracy     

New research in mouse models suggests that treatment with antioxidants may help reduce behavioral issues linked to the genetic nervous system disorder Neurofibromatosis 1 (NF1) and an associated condition called Costello...

A major new finding that will significantly advance efforts to create the world's first antibody-based AIDS vaccine shows that certain helper T cells are important for triggering a strong antibody response against HIV, t...

Alzheimer's disease is thought to be caused by the buildup of abnormal protein deposits in the brain, but little is known about the molecular structures of these beta-amyloid fibrils. A new study has revealed that distin...

A new study reports that mutation of a gene associated with some autism forms in humans can hinder the proper growth and connectivity of brain cells in mice. It also shows how that understanding allowed these cells to re...

A research team has found a breakthrough herbal medicine treatment for a common human fungal pathogen that lives in almost 80 percent of people. The team discovered a medicinal herb called Gymnema slyvestre is both nonto...

Researchers at the Pediatric Diabetes Research Center (PDRC) at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have shown that the pancreatic protein Nkx6.1 - a beta-cell enriched transcription factor - is es...

Researchers performed what they assumed would be a routine experiment in neurodevelopment. The results, however, revealed surprising roles of an important protein and its receptors. The finding could prove useful for the...

All the latest on newscientist.com: the secret to superhealing regeneration, carbon neutral fracking, a superlab that could guzzle Syria's sarin, robot rescuers and more...     

This frog launched into the air by the LADEE rocket will fill you with emotions you didn't know you could produce, is what I'm saying. So: Space Frog. What can we say about this Space Frog? A quick eulogy perhaps, since ...

The government has filed an "intention to float" which sounds pretty pleasant, like "we're taking Fido to live on a farm." The British government is dumping the mail. The Royal Mail will be privatized sometime within the...