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One in five parents say students who post online rumors about sex should be referred to police, a new study shows. The research highlights the differing parental views on how schools should respond to cyberbullying.

A new study reports that an outbreak of Bordetella parapertussis occurred in 2014 in Southeastern Minnesota, in the months of October through December.

Scientists have uncovered the mechanisms which embryonic stem cells employ to inhibit virus expression. The groundbreaking discovery could potentially advance stem cell therapeutics and diagnostics.

Some children with a rare genetic condition appear female at birth but later develop a penis and testes around the time puberty begins. But what causes this to happen?

Using ultrafast beams of extreme ultraviolet light streaming at a 100,000 times a second, researchers from the Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany, have pushed the boundaries of a well-established imaging techniq...

You don't have to leave home to hang out with one of the world's most beloved tusked mammals.

Researchers from the Attoscience and Ultrafast Optics Group led by ICREA Prof. at ICFO Jens Biegert, in collaboration with the Laboratory for Attosecond Physics at the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics (MPQ) and th...

Sex does not increase heart attack survivors' risk of having another attack, except in rare cases, a new study finds.

Scientists have discovered an innovative way that may stop the spread of the most lethal and aggressive brain cancer glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). In laboratory studies, scientists demonstrated that activating a specifi...

Researchers stripped a virus of its infectious machinery and turned its benign core into a delivery vehicle that can target sick cells while leaving healthy tissue alone.

Bretuximab vedotin is an effective and safe first course of treatment for older Hodgkin lymphoma patients unfit for chemotherapy, a new report suggests. While standard chemotherapy can achieve complete remissions in youn...

In a surprising finding, heart attack patients treated with a substantially lower dosage of beta-blockers than used in earlier clinical trials showing their effectiveness survived at the same rate, or even better, than p...

A re-excavated archaeological site might hold the Tomb of the Maccabees, a burial site of Jewish rebels who reclaimed Judea from the Greeks in the second century B.C.

Every time you stroll outside you emit energy into the universe: Heat from the top of your head radiates into space as infrared light.

The discovery of fish bones in a hearth in Alaska suggests that salmon helped fuel the migration of Stone Age people from Asia into North America

A groundbreaking piece of medical imaging technology that could revolutionize cancer treatment will be featured as part of a showcase of 100 engineering ideas that have changed our world.

A neuroimaging study details working memory deficits and cognitive recovery during initial week after concussion. The fMRI studies, conducted at

Endocrine disruptors interfere with endocrine or hormone systems and can cause tumors, birth defects and developmental disorders in mammals. Now, a study suggests that female mice exposed to environmental chemicals may c...

Biological engineers have developed a modular system of proteins that can detect a particular DNA sequence in a cell and then trigger a specific response, such as cell death.

Recently, the European Society of Cardiology published new guidelines advancing an equation as the best way to determine which hypertrophic cardiomyopathy patients should receive an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator...

If you are struggling with weight gain, you might be surprised to know that your parents had it easier - they could eat more and exercise less, and still avoid obesity, according to a recent study.

The Affordable Care Act has eroded support for federal health care spending not just from Republicans, but also from Democrats and independents, a study has found.