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When we eat, we do not just take in nutrients - we also consume a significant quantity of bacteria. The body is faced with the challenge of simultaneously distributing the ingested glucose and fighting these bacteria. Th...

The rapid retreat of the Coronation Glacier in Canada's Arctic region is remaking the landscape.

Minimizing air resistance and friction with snow is key to elite performance in downhill skiing. Experiments in wind tunnels have revealed the total drag experienced by skiers, but have not provided precise data on which...

A group of European scientists led by researchers at TU Delft has discovered how phase transitions propagate throughout materials called nickelates. The discovery improves our understanding of these novel materials, whic...

New research has focused on an aspect of the ACA/health care debate that hasn't really been discussed--the social impact on communities. The author of a new report was able to control for income level and other factors a...

Of patients over age 65 who received an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) after surviving sudden cardiac arrest or a near-fatal arrhythmia, almost 80 percent survived two years--a higher rate than found in pas...

A synthesized steroid mirroring one naturally made by the dogfish shark prevents the buildup of a lethal protein implicated in some neurodegenerative diseases, reports an international research team studying an animal mo...

Scientists have successfully described a crucial structure involved in DNA replication, placing another piece in the puzzle of how life propagates.

For many infectious diseases, a single bout of the illness protects a person against contracting it again. Sometimes, the infecting microbe persists in the body long after symptoms resolve. Now, researchers studying the ...

Over time, when a metallic glass is put under stress, its atoms will shift, slide and ultimately form bands that leave the material more prone to breaking. Rice University scientists have developed new computational meth...

Old blood can prompt ageing and inflammation. But an antibody that blocks a protein associated with ageing called VCAM1 - seems to protect mice from damage

The area of ocean covered by floating ice is at its lowest since the satellite era began, and probably the lowest it has been for thousands of years

Granulomas are tissue nodules of immune cells that occur in diseases such as tuberculosis and sarcoidosis and can damage many organs. For the first time, a team of researchers has identified what causes them to form. It ...

An international collaboration has shown proof-of-concept that truly personalized therapy will be possible in the future for people with cancer. Details of how a knowledge bank could be used to find the best treatment op...

The attacks of September 11, 2001, will go down in American history for many reasons--the deaths of nearly 3,000 people chief among them. A footnote in that particular history book is of interest to us here: 9/11 was the...

Just when lighting aficionados were in a dark place, LEDs came to the rescue. Over the past decade, LED technologies--short for light-emitting diode--have swept the lighting industry by offering features such as durabili...

Martin Luther King Jr. used a prophetic voice in his preaching - a hopeful voice that addressed human tragedy. But it was the black clerics who came before him, who helped King develop that voice.

A paragliding scientist dubbed the "Human Swan" touched down in the west of England after flying 4,500 miles to document the annual winter migrations of an endangered species of swan.

See how one scientists followed endangered Bewick's swans on their annual three-month migration.

The goal of eliminating malaria in countries like India could be more achievable if mosquito-control efforts take into account the relationship between mosquitoes and cattle, according to an international team of researc...

Opinions among parents differ when it comes to how sick is too sick to stay home, or the importance of sick day consequences such as parents missing work or kids missing tests.

Nanoparticles from combustion engines can activate viruses that are dormant in in lung tissue cells, researchers have found.