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Researchers report snacking can raise inflammation and contribute to metabolic diseases.

Researchers report an exaggerated immune response can trigger chronic fatigue syndrome. The study reveals levels of Il-10 were higher in those who developed lasting fatigue, suggesting the immune system may have been pri...

A new study looks at the effect a Western style diet has on the gut microbiome. Researchers report both fructose and glucose block the production of Roc, a protein required for the colonization of beneficial bacteria in ...

What happens at the center of a black hole? Not a singularity, as Einstein's theories predict.

(RIKEN) Researchers have used observations from the ALMA radio observatory to measure, for the first time, the strength of magnetic fields near two supermassive black holes at the centers of an important type of active g...

A team of scientists has developed a method that yields, for the first time, visualization of a gene amplifications and deletions known as copy number variants in single cells. Significantly allows early detection of rar...

A focus on high-risk tuberculosis patients may be the answer to stalled progress in stamping out the illness in the United States.

A research team is harnessing the power of machine learning, data science and the domain knowledge of experts to autonomously discover new materials.

Children born in the most recent century have bones that reach full maturity earlier -- by nearly 10 months in girls and nearly seven months in boys -- according to a new study.

Scientists have found a new application for an existing drug, with potential to slow progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Buruli ulcer is a neglected tropical disease (NTD) resulting in debilitating skin lesions, disabilities and stigmatisation. The current antibiotic treatment is long and has severe adverse side effects. Researchers have d...

In a tuberculosis screening and treatment initiative covering the entire population of Tibetan refugee schoolchildren in northern India, a team of researchers says it has found not only a startlingly high prevalence of T...

Sofosbuvir is already used to treat hepatitis C and has passed all human use approval tests, so it can be fairly easily deployed if the chikungunya epidemic forecast for the next two years materializes.

The increasing prevalence of antibiotic resistance in the U.S. appears more closely linked with their occasional use by many people than by their repeated use among smaller numbers of people, according to a large new stu...

Infants and toddlers in low-income, rural areas may be at higher risk for second- and third-hand smoke than previously reported, according to new research.

Researcher shows the two most common means of resistance to BRAF and MEK inhibitors are actually connected processes and can be targeted by other therapies.

Researchers have developed a vaccine that is effective in mice against Powassan virus, an emerging tick-borne virus that can cause life-threatening encephalitis in humans. They also show that the vaccine produces antibod...

Albert Einstein's desk can still be found on the second floor of Princeton's physics department. Positioned in front of a floor-to-ceiling blackboard covered with equations, the desk seems to embody the spirit of the fri...

A man in China had a habit of walking home from work every day, taking off his socks and... taking a great big whiff of them, according to news reports.

Researchers report genetic variants can affect neural function, which become complicit in triggering multiple sclerosis.

A new study reveals the gut microbiome regulates the immune system. Vitamin A is key to allowing the symbiotic relationship, researchers report.

Study reveals patients who undergo major heart surgeries do not experience major memory changes compared to those who receive more minor treatments.