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Bullying is usually considered a social ill, but now public health professionals are noticing mental health symptoms -- dubbed "bullying syndrome" -- in children who've been bullied.

(Phys.org) --An interdisciplinary team of University of Pennsylvania researchers has already developed a technique for controlling liquid crystals by means of physical templates and elastic energy, rather than the electr...

A series of powerful analytical methods coined "omics" is driving us away from reductionist approaches towards a more systematic understanding of biology and disease.

Recent earthquakes rattling the Cogdell oil field in northern Texas were triggered by gas-injection wells meant to boost oil production, a study finds.

GE is showing off a new machine that sprays high-velocity metal powders at broken machines, repairing damage in a few minutes without having to weld replacement pieces. The technique, which they're calling "cold spraying...

On the trail of white-lipped peccaries in Brazil, researchers made an unexpected and rare discovery: cave drawings showing armadillos, birds and reptiles, etched into stone thousands of years ago.

Small animals are more active under the full moon when larger hunters lie low.

A group of scientists that study endocrine disruption worked together to update and refine a 2007 review of the low dose effects of BPA. The group not only added hundreds of more recent studies, but they also used an int...

Scientists have moved a step closer to creating custom medical treatment plans based on a patient's DNA, pinpointing the root of a patient's illness and making sure treatment will not cause a fatal allergic reaction.

A study of anxiety sufferers who were engaged with primary medical care found that over a five year period seven in 10 received "potentially adequate" care, but it sometimes took years. Minorities were less than half as ...

One of biology's most fundamental processes is transcription. It is just one step of many required to build proteins -- and without it life would not exist. However, many aspects of transcription remain shrouded in myste...

Women who do not speak English well who met with others with the same language challenges for prenatal group visits felt less anxious and better prepared for childbirth and motherhood.

Use of a minimally invasive endoscopic procedure to remove superficial, early stage esophageal cancer is as effective as surgery that takes out and rebuilds the esophagus, according to a study.

For as well-preserved as Shakespeare's writing is, there's still plenty we don't know about 17th-century London. For example: we know town square-style speeches were an important part of life, but what was it like actual...

Researchers say they may be able to detect and annihilate disease-causing proteins in the brain with lasers.

"Pork in politics" is taking on a different meaning: obesity. Time magazine raised a few hackles by running a photograph of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie next to the headline, "The Elephant in the Room."

It might still be a while before we have a true robot Picasso, but Mechanical Parts, a project by artist Matthias Dörfelt, shows we're at least on par with high school doodlers. Dörfelt created a Roomba-like robot, pro...

Brookhaven Lab’s 1958 innovation earns a prominent place in the history of video games. The crowd wound out the door at Brookhaven National Laboratory's open house on October 18, 1958. Visitors lined up for an interact...

The Food and Drug Administration's recent announcement that trans fats could be phased out means that some popular food products may need to be reformulated in the future to comply with the law.

Using inexpensive materials configured and tuned to capture microwave signals, researchers at Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering have designed a power-harvesting device with efficiency similar to that of moder...

Scientists have shown new evidence for a general principal of condensed, mitotic chromosome organization and structure that is highly adaptable and common to all cells. This new insight into how chromosomes are disassemb...

Children born extremely prematurely have up to a 19 times greater risk of retinal detachment later in life than peers born at term, according to a Swedish study.