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Crop breeders are developing a biofortified wheat that could make proper nutrition easier.

The three axes of the mammalian body, established shortly after implantation of the embryo in the uterus, becomes organized under the control of gene networks that coordinate the transcription of DNA. Researchers report ...

Analyzing data from more than 400,000 people, researchers have found that consuming one to two drinks four or more times per week -- an amount deemed healthy by current guidelines -- increases the risk of premature death...

Researchers have designed and developed a new class of molecules that use a never-before-known mechanism that may halt or destroy breast cancer tumors, particularly for patients with drug-resistant or dangerously metasta...

A 1 percent increase in statewide depression diagnoses was associated with a 26 percent increase in opioid-related deaths. Rates of opioid-related deaths rose substantially in 2014 and 2015, and states with the highest r...

The first large US study of cognition in older breast cancer patients found that within the first two years after diagnosis and treatment, most women do not experience cancer-related cognitive problems.

Dads whose cortisol levels were elevated while they held their newborns on the day of their birth -- either skin-to-skin or clothed -- were more likely to be involved with indirect care and play with their infants in the...

Boosting testosterone levels with hormone supplements may not be safe or appropriate for all men with low testosterone (low T), according to new research.

Researchers show that the p95HER2-T cell bispecific antibody (TCB) can successfully guide immune cells, known as lymphocytes, directly to cancerous ones for their targeted killing. This direct delivery is achieved thanks...

The risk of dying during pregnancy is negligible for the average Danish woman, but if the woman in question has epilepsy, the probability must be multiplied by five, according to a comprehensive epidemiological study.

New research reveals that life stressors are most associated with an increased risk for using opioids to cope.

Drinking an additional 1.5 liters of water daily can reduce recurring bladder infections in premenopausal women by nearly half, a yearlong study of otherwise healthy women with a history of repeated infections has found.

Medical researchers demonstrate that administering broadly neutralizing antibodies (bNAb) designed to target HIV in combination with agents that stimulate the innate immune system delayed viral rebound following disconti...

Key insights into how sperm and egg cells are formed have been discovered by scientists, shedding light on the earliest stages of their development.

Visions of a distant world WRITERS of science fiction have long assumed that the galaxy is teeming with alien planets. They were correct, but it was only in the past few decades that science has been able to confirm this...

IBM researchers are developing a new computer architecture, better equipped to handle increased data loads from artificial intelligence. Their designs draw on concepts from the human brain and significantly outperform co...

A new study reports the Ketogenic diet can help to improve cognition. The study reports the Ketogenic diet can help improve balance in the gut microbiome, lower blood glucose levels and increase the processes that help t...

Last year, New Scientist reported the possible discovery of the first ever exomoon. Now new evidence suggests that if it does exist, it is very strange

Researchers report the extent sensory specific parts of the brain connect functionally as a network during child development can help to predict their reading proficiency.

Corrosion is an age-old problem that is estimated to cost about $1 trillion a year, or about 5 percent of the U.S. gross domestic product. Corrosion of metals can be particularly bad, but fortunately they are normally pr...

Talk of sabotage on the International Space Station has exposed cracks in the US-Russia space relationship that could see NASA unable to fly astronauts into orbit

The authors of a new paper suggested that scientists have overstated dog smarts. But a dog researcher tells Live Science we should study canines anyway.