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Children with allergies have a lower risk of developing complicated appendicitis, according to a new study. The findings could pave the way for new diagnostic tools in the future.

Researchers report polarized phosphorylation of shootin 1 within growth cones is required for the directional axon guidance induced by netrin-1 gradients.

A newborn in England surprised her parents -- and her doctors -- when they saw that the infant was born with a tiny tooth, according to news reports.

New research uncovers an 'alarming increase' in acute kidney injury rates among Irish patients.

Army researchers have designed a computer model that more effectively calculates the behavior of atmospheric turbulence in complex environments, including cities, forests, deserts and mountainous regions.

Virtually all functions in our bodies require precise interactions between radically different types of molecules. The vast majority of the time, these encounters yield nothing, but a special few sustain life as we know ...

Scientists have uncovered a reason for the uncanny likeness between cells in the most malignant cancers and the embryonic cells of the organ in which the cancer originated: cells in human basal-like breast cancers share ...

Young children and their families in poor communities were able to make some achievable and sustainable behavioral changes during the longest and largest obesity prevention intervention, but, in the end, the results were...

Researchers now have discovered through a new animal study that soy protein found in food might counter the negative effects of menopause on bone and metabolic health. Moreover, the researchers believe that soy protein m...

There's a literal disturbance in the force that alters what physicists have long thought of as a characteristic of superconductivity, according to Rice University scientists.

The prevalence rate of prescriptions for benzodiazepines and benzodiazepine-related drugs (BZD) -- medications used to treat anxiety, insomnia, epilepsy and other neuropsychiatric conditions -- increased by 22 percent be...

Researchers have discovered a factor that could support the early detection of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's or Parkinson's. This cytokine is induced by cellular stress reactions after disturbances of th...

Scientists have discovered that a microscopic roundworm develops similar nerve damage to human patients when their muscle cells are genetically engineered to produce TTR proteins.

A new study, which involved a small sample of former professional athletes, found no evidence of early onset dementia.

Computational neurosciences have created a virtual version of Purkinje cells in the brain's cerebellum. The virtual cells may shed light on how Purkinje cells work.

They are the most common repeated elements in the human genome; more than a million copies are scattered among and between our genes. Called Alu elements, these relatively short, non-coding sequences of DNA cause genomic...

Bioengineers have demonstrated that a gel-like material containing tiny magnetic particles could be used to manage chronic pain from disease or injury. Broadly, the study demonstrates the promising use of biomechanical f...

A new study reveals a short time meditating can help to boost cognitive performance. Researchers report students exposed to a ten minute meditation tape were able to complete simple cognitive tasks more quickly and accur...

An everyday occurrence spotted when we turn on the tap to brush our teeth has baffled engineers for centuries--why does the water splay when it hits the sink before it heads down the plughole?

As sound waves travel, they float upwards away from the pull of gravity. That's because they have negative mass, so they're repelled by massive objects

The exact mechanisms for how broken cellular function appears in cells far removed from a cancer's primary tumor remain an area of ongoing research. Scientists have now confirmed a link between healthy-tumor hybrid cells...

Researchers have discovered a key gene for generating eye movements. Using zebrafish, they developed a compelling model system to analyze the brain-eye muscle connections, and found that the brain neurons use repulsive f...