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Inflated charges and significant variation in patterns of payments have been found for surgical care. Surprisingly, the study found that it's not what's happening in the operating room that is driving the payment variati...

Over the past decade, studies have found that obesity and eating a high-fat, high-calorie diet are significant risk factors for many types of cancer. Now, a new study reveals how a high-fat diet makes the cells of the in...

Stacking layers of nanometer-thin semiconducting materials at different angles is a new approach to designing the next generation of energy-efficient transistors and solar cells. The atoms in each layer are arranged in h...

Scientists have solved the structure of a key protein in HKU1, a coronavirus identified in Hong Kong in 2005 and highly related to SARS and MERS. They believe their findings will guide future treatments for this family o...

Cancer of the colon or rectum is the second leading cause of cancer deaths among both men and women in the United States. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 140,000 Americans are diagnosed...

Nearly half of children in the US live dangerously close to the poverty line, according to new research. Researchers found that while the total number of children in the US has remained about the same since 2008, more ch...

After platelet-rich plasma injections, researchers have described the structural change in the healing process as well as improvement in patients' pain and function, in a new report.

New technologies to improve memory in people with traumatic brain injury, mild cognitive impairment, epilepsy, and Alzheimer's disease have been developed by scientists.

Ovarian cancer should not be categorized as a single disease, but rather as a constellation of different cancers involving the ovary, yet questions remain on how and where various ovarian cancers arise, says a new congre...

(The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences) In light of the latest analysis on the decay of beauty mesons, the dawn of a new era, that of 'new physics', may be approaching. An imp...

(University of Luxembourg) Researchers at the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine of the University of Luxembourg and partners in Constance, Munich and Bochum are studying the causes of premature ageing of neurons ...

A new study reports that current rising temperatures already noticeably load the 'climate dice,' with growing practical impacts. As a bottom line, the lead author argues that a carbon fee is needed to spur replacement of...

To understand ourselves -- and our world -- we first need to understand all of the microbes around, and inside, us.

Research led by Indiana University physicist Daria Zieminska has resulted in the first detection of a new form of elementary particle: the "four-flavored" tetraquark.

A live Webcast Wednesday will discuss the invisible stuff that makes up most of the universe --

Three medieval graves in southern France may hold the remains of three Muslim men, a new study finds.

Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology (IMMT) have tested a new way to improve the colour, clarity and lustre of rubies: microwaves. The study, conducted by Subhashree Swain, is published in Springer's journal Ap...

One of the main reasons for limiting the operating lifetimes of nuclear reactors is that metals exposed to the strong radiation environment near the reactor core become porous and brittle, which can lead to cracking and ...

Wading birds like storks and egrets nest above alligators to get protection from other predators - but the reptiles still get their fill

Whitfield Diffie and Martin Hellman have won the Nonbel Prize of Computer Science for their efforts in encryption and secure communications.

A faster, less expensive method has been developed and used to learn the DNA sequence of the male-specific Y chromosome in the gorilla. The research reveals that a male gorilla's Y chromosome is more similar to a male hu...

Researchers have pinpointed a human gene product that helps regulate wound healing and may control scarring in people recovering from severe injuries and damage to certain internal organs. The protein, MG53, travels thro...