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Scientists have found yet another reason to vaccinate their children: Keeping up with immunizations may reduce the risk of childhood stroke, according to a new study.

Symmetry sits down with Lindsay Olson as she wraps up a year of creating art inspired by particle physics.     S: How did you end up at Fermilab? LO: In March 2014 I had an exhibition of my work at North Park College....

They might look like rusty old guns, but these 150-year-old cannons offer locals an important connection with their history.

You can print wild designs using a 3D printer--shapes you couldn't make any other way. But 3D printing is also still in thrall to the laws of physics. To date, 3D...

Premature infants have heightened risks of deadly diseases because their organs and immune systems are not fully developed. Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), a major gastrointestinal disease that causes the intestines to ...

Using pieces of human tumors grafted into mice, a team of researchers has identified new mutations in six genes related to drug resistance and sensitivity in late-stage colorectal cancer.

An experimental drug originally identified in a National Cancer Institute library of chemical compounds as a potential therapy for brain and basal cell cancers improves the symptoms of mice with a form of the debilitatin...

Using a novel synthetic platform for creating vaccines a team of researchers has successfully eradicated precancerous cervical lesions in nearly half of the women who received an investigational vaccine in a clinical tri...

The experimental drugs target brain cells' ability to respond to the chemical messenger glutamate, however, it has been unclear how they work. The recent discovery of a molecular amplification system helps explain how th...

The Latino culture, more than others, places a high value on the family unit; yet, little research has examined the dynamics of Latino family relationships and how those dynamics affect children's development. Now, a res...

Adult smokers with a history of problem drinking who continue smoking are at a greater risk of relapsing three years later compared with adults who do not smoke. While treatments for alcohol abuse traditionally require c...

Adolescents who perform just eight to ten minutes of high-intensity interval exercise three times a week could be significantly reducing their risk of developing heart conditions, new research has concluded. Even apparen...

Antipsychotic drugs may increase the risk of death in people with Parkinson's disease psychosis (PDP), according to a new study. PDP affects more than 50 per cent of people with Parkinson's at some point in their conditi...

When it comes to treating depression, how well a person responds to a fake medicine may determine how well they'll respond to a real one, new research finds. Those who can muster their brain's own chemical forces against...

The chronic inflammatory skin condition psoriasis was associated with the risk of major depression, although the risk was unrelated to the severity of the disorder, according to a new article.

Training on skin self-examination to aid early detection could be extra beneficial for patients with melanoma and their partners who report having low relationship quality because it gives them activities to do together,...

A mandate in 2009 that prehospital helicopter transport of critically injured combat casualties occur in 60 minutes or less (golden hour policy) has resulted in a reduction in time between critical injury and definitive ...

Proficiency with a musical instrument doesn't just change the structure of the brain - it also changes the way we hear music

As supercomputers improve, astronomers are starting to simulate what telescopes will see before they're even built

Gains made in the fight against malaria in East Africa could be set back by an invasive plant species

The most significant biotechnology breakthrough in recent years, a technology called CRISPR, has sparked a patent battle: novel research suggests a workaround

VW has been cheating in emissions tests to make its diesel cars appear less polluting than they really are - we look at the options the company now faces