Medical researchers are advising caution when treating blood pressure in some older people -- after results…
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Crystallography provides battle-plan blueprints for attacking disease-causing bacteria
X-rays helped scientists to look under the bonnet of two common bacteria that opportunistically infect people,…
The mystery of the pulsating blue stars
In the middle of the Chilean Atacama desert, a team of astronomers are monitoring millions of…
Spying on malaria parasites at -196 Celsius
By combining two advanced microscope techniques scientists have managed to obtain new information about the ravaging…
How cicadas manage to ‘wing it’
Unlike locusts and many other flying insects, cicadas don't soar through the air with the greatest…
First circuit map of brain’s learning and memory center
A significant development in understanding the brain: Scientists have, for the first time ever described the…
Improving detection of a ‘date rape’ drug
Because gamma hydroxybutyric acid (GHB), commonly known as a 'date rape drug' is rapidly absorbed and…
Reducing risk of gut bacterial infections with next-generation probiotic?
In laboratory-grown bacterial communities, the co-administration of probiotic Lactobacillus reuteri and glycerol selectively killed C. difficile.
Increased endometrial cancer rates found in women with high levels of cadmium
Through a five-year observational study, researchers found that women with increased levels of cadmium -- a…
Chaco Canyon petroglyph may represent ancient total eclipse
As the hullabaloo surrounding the Aug. 21 total eclipse of the sun swells by the day,…