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Avoiding gluten is a worldwide phenomenon, but the reasons why people do so vary, a new study finds.

Among twin and triplet pregnancies that were reduced to singleton or twin pregnancies, there was a substantial reduction in complications such as preterm birth and very preterm birth, according to new research.

The marijuana compound THC may be linked to improved memory during aging, a new study in older mice finds.

Quantum entanglement, one of the most intriguing features of multi-particle quantum systems, has become a fundamental building block in both quantum information processing and quantum computation. If two particles are en...

Restaurant foods and commercially processed foods sold in stores accounted for about 70 percent of dietary sodium intake in a study in three US regions. Salt added at home during food preparation or at the table accounte...

An engineered bone that has its own marrow can encourage donor stem cells to produce blood, a feat that could help people with anaemia and rare immune diseases

A new study found that kids who are bullied in fifth grade are more likely to suffer from depression in seventh grade; and have a greater likelihood of using alcohol, marijuana or tobacco in tenth grade.

In experiments with human colon cancer cells and mice, a team led by scientists say they have evidence that cancer arises when a normal part of cells' machinery generally used to repair DNA damage is diverted from its us...

New research indicates that the benefits of hatha yoga in treating depression are less pronounced in early treatment, but may accumulate over time.

New research confirms for the first time that even mild brain injury can result in impulse control problems in rats.

Natural selection has created amazingly effective ways to move around. Robots could harness this by hitching a ride on biology's back

The web can be a vicious place, but anonymity isn't solely to blame. Comments made in a fake forum have shown that the main influence is others' behaviour

Some 4.4 billion years ago, soon after its formation, Earth was a much quieter and duller place than it is today, according to analysis of minerals from that time

New research shows that an 18-mm magnetized capsule colonoscope, which can be paired with standard medical instruments, successfully performed intricate maneuvers inside the colon while guided by an external magnet attac...

Babies born today in 13 US counties have shorter expected lifespans than their parents did when they were born decades ago, according to a new study.

New research shows that chronic sleep loss increases pain sensitivity. It suggests that chronic pain sufferers can get relief by getting more sleep, or, short of that, taking medications to promote wakefulness such as ca...

An international research team has revealed for the first time that testosterone protects males against developing asthma, helping to explain why females are two times more likely to develop asthma than males after puber...

Researchers have identified two groups of neurons that can be turned on and off to alleviate the movement-related symptoms of Parkinson's disease. The activation of these cells in the basal ganglia relieves symptoms for ...

Memory performance decreases with increasing age. Cannabis can reverse these ageing processes in the brain. This was shown in mice by scientists at the University of Bonn with their colleagues at The Hebrew University of...

Researchers have revealed a novel function for progranulin in lysosomes: it acts as chaperone of the lysosomal protease cathepsin D.

While building molecular machines, researchers stumbled upon a new method to detect ecstasy. The discovery can lead to more reliable drug tests.

Biopharma and food businesses working with proteins now have access to better information about how a type of fluid flow commonly encountered in manufacturing processes can affect the quality of their products, following...