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Something as seemingly harmless as a heartburn pill could lead cancer patients to take a turn for the worse. A new study has discovered that proton pump inhibitors, which are very common medications for heartburn and gas...

In chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the patients' lungs lose their ability to repair damages on their own. Scientists now have a new idea as to why this might be so.They blame the molecule Wnt5a for this pro...

Around the deepest parts of the ocean, scientists eavesdropped on whale conversations.

Researchers have identified a new way of blocking the spread of cancer. Calcium channel blockers, which are used to lower blood pressure, block breast and pancreatic cancer invasion by inhibiting cellular structures.

The human microbiome appears to play a significant role in health and disease, but the mechanisms of how it does so is not well understood. Researchers have used the nematode C. elegans to decipher how specific bacterial...

Whether water freezes to ice, iron is demagnetized or a material becomes superconducting - for physicists there is always a phase transition behind it. They endeavour to understand these different phenomena by searching ...

From navigating turbulence, to sleeping midflight, to soaring without a sound, animals' flight adaptations are helping scientists design better flying robots.

Computational scientists and cancer experts have devised bioinformatics software to evaluate how well current strategies distinguish cancer-promoting mutations from benign mutations in cancer cells.

Six people in Colorado recently became infected with a "nightmare" superbug that until now, has mostly been limited to people in hospitals.

Is the U.S. in for a bitterly cold winter or a bearable one? It all depends on where you live, according to a three-month outlook published by the U.S. Climate Prediction Center.

Certain protease inhibitors, among the most effective HIV drugs, lead to the production of the peptide beta amyloid, often associated with Alzheimer's disease, and may be the cause of cognitive problems, report researche...

A physicist tries to figure out if it's possible to build Star Wars' Death Star, the moon-size space station with a weapon powerful enough to destroy a planet.

Crabs that live near hydrothermal vents 3,500 metres deep have been seen eating - as well as - cleaning each other

Reducing sugar content of high and mid sugar drinks is likely to have the greatest impact on health, with fewer cases of obesity, diabetes and tooth decay. The UK soft drinks industry levy, due to be introduced in April ...

The Yosemite Valley's beautiful landscape of promontories, sheer walls, domes and waterfalls create some of the most scenic views anywhere in North America.

Scientists report that turning off a protein found in liver and adipose tissue significantly improves blood sugar levels and reduces body fat in an animal model.

The complex process regulating gene expression is often compared to following a recipe. Miss a genetic ingredient, or add it in the wrong order, and you could have a disaster on your hands.

Microelectromechanical systems, or MEMS, are tiny machines fabricated using equipment and processes developed for the production of electronic chips and devices. They've found a wide variety of applications in today's co...

People who leave school without a school certificate are more than twice as likely to have a heart attack as those with a university degree, according to groundbreaking new research from the largest ongoing study of heal...

Using large-scale computer simulations, the Plasma Physics and Fusion Energy research group at the Department of Earth and Space Sciences is making important contributions to Joint European Torus (JET), the biggest fusio...

A new algorithm that makes the selection of diverse subsets much more practical has now been presented by researchers.

Surprising connections emerge between the world's undersea vents, including the Jabberwocky vent.