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In a study of 200 years of pre-industrial Quebecois genealogical history, researchers found that fertility-related changes in natural selection during the pre-industrial era paved the way for economic and technological p...

Researchers have uncovered a previously unknown structural feature of living cells that is critical to tidying up.

Recently, a team of researchers examined older adults who have cancer to see whether their ability to manage daily activities was linked to staying alive longer.

Even tiny amounts of gluten in foods are troublesome for people with celiac disease, and restaurants may be the hardest places to avoid the protein, finds a new study. More than half of gluten-free pizza and pasta dishes...

A study has reported that smoking after a cancer diagnosis is associated with substantial additional costs of cancer treatment.

A protein complex that is involved in nearly every step in the regulatory control of gene expression in cells has now been shown also to play a key role in clearing potential traffic jams in the production of RNA.

A standardized interdisciplinary clinical pathway to identify and manage frailty in older patients has reduced the rate of one of the most debilitating complications for older patients -- delirium -- and kept patients fr...

A new study explains why heart failure patients often have trouble with thinking and depression, pointing to ways to prevent and treat both heart and brain maladies through the emerging field of circadian medicine.

Reduced blood capillaries in the back of the eye may be a new, noninvasive way to diagnose early cognitive impairment, the precursor to Alzheimer's disease in which individuals become forgetful, reports a new study. Scie...

In a new study, researchers have learned how a specific genetic mutation affects the maturation of blood cells in mouse models. Leukemia patients often have a mutation in this gene, often seen before the disease sets in....

The majority of replication attempts of previous studies linking personality traits to life outcomes are successful. However, the associations may not be as strong as reported in the results originally published.

As robots become more autonomous, people will regard them as more responsible for accidental wrongdoing.

Zebrafish study reveals how key dopaminergic neurons, which are damaged as a result of Parkinson's disease, can be regenerated. Researchers report the immune system plays a critical role in the process.

Aggression levels are reduced in male chimpanzees when social relations within their group become unstable.

Study finds a possible link between the formation of inhibitory synapses and autism.

Study uncovers how the brain coordinates between different regions while executing cognitive tasks. The findings may help advance artificial intelligence algorithms.

5G is helping doctors in China conduct surgery from hundreds of kilometres away, such as directing cardiac operation and performing brain stimulation

Disruptions in maintaining X chromosome inactivation of T cells may explain why women are more prone to developing SLE than males.

Using OCT angiography to quantify capillary changes in the back of the eye can help in the detection, and monitor the progression, of Alzheimer's disease.

Low-level visual information fades in memory over time. However, negative emotion increases subjective memory vividness.

Polygenetic risk scores calculated from adults can be used to identify children and adolescents who may be at greater risk of developing depression, even before clinical symptoms have emerged.

We're witnessing a catastrophic shift in our planet's sea ice. Here's what the latest chapter means for you.