Three-quarters of U.S. lawmakers don’t look to university scientists for behavioral health research

A study designed to demystify the way research gets into legislators' hands found that the majority…

Humans did not stem from a single ancestral population in one region of Africa

A scientific consortium has found that human ancestors were scattered across Africa, and largely kept apart…

Reaching for tissues at the symphony? It’s probably solo time

A new study helps illuminate the ways in which a composer might intentionally impart sadness into…

Unplugged holidays tipped to increase

Researchers say the phenomenon of the 'digital-detox' is on the rise and could be an important…

Cost-cutting option in treating nail fungus with nanotechnology

Researchers have investigated the use of nanotechnology to improve efinaconazole treatment and make it more cost…

High prevalence of restrictive lung disease in people with type 2 diabetes

Breathlessness and conditions of restrictive lung disease (RLD), such as pulmonary fibrosis, may be a late…

Eating bone marrow played a key role in the evolution of the human hand

The strength required to access the high calorie content of bone marrow may have played a…

The highly complex sugarcane genome has finally been sequenced

Sugarcane was the last major cultivated plant to have its genome sequenced. This was because of…

Scoping magnetic fields out for prevention

Concerns about the effects of magnetic fields on human health require us to limit our exposure…

Gastrointestinal flora: the culprit for severe lung damage after blood transfusion

Knowledge that the gastrointestinal flora affects both healthy physiological processes and various disease mechanisms has increased…