Telling teeth: More accurate aging of teeth could hold the key to identifying health-compromised children in Africa

Researchers have investigated dental development for better estimations of chronological age in African populations.

Neighborhood’s quality influences children’s behaviors through teens, study suggests

The quality of the neighborhood where a child grows up has a significant impact on the…

E-cigarette online vendors triple, concerns raised about marketing, delivery

Two studies reveal trends in the marketing practices, pricing, delivery methods of online e-cigarette vendors.

Cell signaling interaction may prevent key step in lung cancer progression, study shows

A novel cell signaling interaction that may prevent a key step in lung cancer progression, new…

Mushrooms are full of antioxidants that may have antiaging potential

Mushrooms may contain unusually high amounts of two antioxidants that some scientists suggest could help fight…

Heart attacks more likely in those with low blood phosphate levels

Low phosphate in the blood is linked to the risk of heart attack and coronary artery…

Why did the Earth’s ancient oceans disappear?

We think of oceans as being stable and permanent. However, they move at about the same…

Mending hearts in three dimensions

Researchers have made biodegradable aligned nanofibers as a scaffold for culturing cardiomyocytes (CMs) derived from human…

Walk this way: A better way to identify gait differences

Human traits such as the face, voice, and gait are commonly used for biometric-based person recognition.…

How challenges change the way you think

New research shows that challenging situations make it harder to understand where you are and what's…