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Scientists at the University of Aberdeen have developed a mathematical method to prevent epidemics by vaccinating fewer people than ever before.

Who was a pretty boy, then? TWO decades ago palaeontologists were astonished to discover impressions of feathers in rock around the petrified bones of dinosaurs that had clearly, from the anatomy those bones displayed, b...

Scientists have made an important discovery toward the development of drugs to treat age-related memory loss in diseases like Alzheimer's. They found that reduced levels of a protein called Rheb result in spontaneous sym...

Chronobiologists have shown that the body's carbon monoxide metabolism is closely linked to the body's circadian (internal) clock. An article discussing the close reciprocal relationship between these two regulatory mech...

A new investigational drug originally developed for type 2 diabetes is being readied for human clinical trials in search of the world's first treatment to impede the progression of Parkinson's disease following publicati...

Some existing methods for controlling Zika-carrying mosquitoes are not effective and may even be counter-productive, according to research.

Researchers have now determined the 3-D structure of CCR2 simultaneously bound to two inhibitors. Understanding how these molecules fit together may better enable pharmaceutical companies to develop anti-inflammatory dru...

Researchers have invented a novel live-cell imaging method that could someday help biologists better understand how stem cells transform into specialized cells and how diseases like cancer spread. The Photonic Crystal En...

Using LED lights flickering at a specific frequency, researchers have shown that they can significantly reduce the beta amyloid plaques seen in Alzheimer's disease in the visual cortex of mice. This treatment appears to ...

New research shows that the metastatic process (cancer spread) is enhanced by fat intake. Mice given a high fat diet, including palmitic acid (a major component of palm oil which is found in lots of household products) d...

University of Illinois Electrical & Computer Engineering and Bioengineering Professor Brian Cunningham's Nano Sensors group has invented a novel live-cell imaging method that could someday help biologists better understa...

An hour a day of light therapy has been found to boost gamma brainwaves and break down brain deposits in mice with Alzheimer's-like symptoms

Overall more land is covered by water now than three decades ago - but there have been huge losses in Central Asia and the Middle East

Private clinics are offering to reverse early menopause by injecting a woman's ovaries with her own blood products, but the treatment hasn't been through clinical trials

A team of astronomers think a new explanation for dark matter can best explain its mysterious effects on the speed of stars within galaxies

Are clinicians that offer experimental menopause reversal and three-parent babies providing desperate patients with a last stab at parenthood, or offering false hope?

NHS England has announced plans to expand access to PrEP to 10,000 people, but only as part of a three-year trial investigating how best to roll out the drug

Like most visions of technology as a magic wand, UK health secretary Hunt's proposals sound easy but offer as many problems as solutions

A series of secret nuclear disasters has spawned a unique database about the effects of radiation. But health researchers must think hard before using it

Some schemes for making quantum computers require millions of ions, each with their own laser - making them impractical. But it seems there is another way

Relaxing with a joint around children is not very wise. Not only do youngsters inhale harmful secondary smoke in the process, but the psychoactive chemicals in the drug are taken up by their bodies as well.

Human neural progenitors exposed to harmine, an alkaloid presented at the psychotropic plant decoction ayahuasca, led to a 70 percent increase in proliferation of these cells. The effect of generating new human neural ce...