Ginseng can treat and prevent influenza and RSV, researcher finds
Ginseng can help treat and prevent influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), a respiratory virus that infects the lungs and breathing passages, according to research findings by a scientist in Georgia State University's new Institute for Biomedical Sciences.
New approach may help manage the most troubling symptoms of dementia, lessen use of drugs
Technique called DICE empowers caregivers, patients and health providers to work together to reduce behavioral problems
Narrowing of neck artery without warning may signal memory and thinking decline
Narrowing of the carotid artery in the neck without any symptoms may be linked to problems in learning, memory, thinking and decision-making
Today's Antarctic region once as hot as California, Florida
Parts of ancient Antarctica were as warm as today's California coast, and polar regions of the southern Pacific Ocean registered 21st-century Florida heat, according to scientists using a new way to measure past temperatures.
Venus’ crust heals too fast for plate tectonics
On Earth, fractures stayed fractured and created plate boundaries.
Study of equatorial ridge on Iapetus suggests exogenic origin
A combined team of researchers from Brown University in Rhode Island and the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Texas is suggesting in a paper they've uploaded to the preprint server arXiv, that an equatorial mountainous ridge on one of Saturn's moons has an exogenic origin.
Neanderthals Had Shallow Gene Pool, Study Says
Neanderthals were remarkably less genetically diverse than modern humans, with Neanderthal populations typically smaller and more isolated, researchers say.
Using radioactive krypton to find ancient glacial ice
Not kryptonite in the Fortress of Solitude - the noble gas trapped in air bubbles.
Humans May Have Left Africa Earlier Than Thought
Modern humans may have dispersed in more than one wave of migration out of Africa, and they may have done so earlier than scientists had long thought, researchers now say.
Low-cost 3D printed hand suits man for daily needs (w/ video)
Jose Delgado, Jr., a 53-year-old man born without most of his left hand, has given positive feedback about a $50 3D prosthetic hand.
What gave us the advantage over extinct types of humans?
The answer lies in changes in the way our genes work
Eye-Opener: Naps Linked with Higher Risk of Death
Middle-age and older adults who take daytime naps may be at increased risk of dying, a new study from England suggests.
Ravens understand the relations among others
Like many social mammals, ravens form different types of social relationships – they may be friends, kin, or partners and they also form strict dominance relations.
Hundreds of genetic mutations found in healthy blood of a supercentenarian
Genetic mutations are commonly studied because of links to diseases such as cancer; however, little is known about mutations occurring in healthy individuals.
Study: Iron consumption can increase risk for heart disease
A new study from the Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington has bolstered the link between red meat consumption and heart disease by finding a strong association between heme iron, found only in meat, and potentially deadly coronary heart disease.
In lab tests, the antimicrobial ingredient triclosan spurs growth of breast cancer cells
Some manufacturers are turning away from using triclosan as an antimicrobial ingredient in soaps, toothpastes and other products over health concerns.
Male or female?
The first sex determining genes appeared in mammals some 180 million years ago
New discovery helps solve mystery source of African lava
Floods of molten lava may sound like the stuff of apocalyptic theorists, but history is littered with evidence of such past events where vast lava outpourings originating deep in the Earth accompany the breakup of continents.
Protein that shrinks depressed brains identified
Could preventing the brain shrinkage associated with depression be as simple as blocking a protein?
Chile's Recent Earthquake Defied Expectations
Smaller-than-expected tremor has scientists scrambling to redefine rules for areas of extreme seismic stress.
Deaf people get gene tweak to restore natural hearing
People who have lost their hearing will be injected with a harmless virus carrying a gene that should trigger the regrowth of their ears’ sensory receptors
Treatment for deadly yeast disease reduced to 3 days
Initial treatment for a brain infection caused by fungus could now be treated in three days, rather than two weeks, due to study by University of Liverpool scientists.
Taking a walk may lead to more creativity than sitting, study finds
Free-flowing thought more likely while walking indoors or outdoors, research reveals
Use of frozen material for fecal transplant successfully treats C. difficile infection
Mass. General study identifies more acceptable way to administer treatment for dangerous recurrent infection
Take notes by hand for better long-term comprehension
Dust off those Bic ballpoints and college-ruled notebooks - research shows that taking notes by hand is better than taking notes on a laptop for remembering conceptual information over the long term.
Low-dose natural antimicrobial exacerbates chronic lung infection in cystic fibrosis
Antimicrobial peptide produced by human immune cells can promote mutations in the bacterium that make it more lethal
Oldest pterodactyloid species discovered, named by international team of researchers
Study rewrites chapter in understanding of prehistoric world, evolution of great flying beasts
Skin layer grown from human stem cells could replace animals in drug and cosmetics testing
First lab-grown epidermis with a functional permeability barrier akin to real skin
Oxygen diminishes the heart's ability to regenerate, researchers discover
Scientific research at UT Southwestern Medical Center previously discovered that the newborn animal heart can heal itself completely, whereas the adult heart lacks this ability.
'Horsing around' reduces stress hormones in youth
Saliva tells a tale of lower stress hormones
Increasing consumption of coffee is associated with reduced risk of type 2 diabetes
Drinking one and half more cups per day over a four-year period reduces the risk of type 2 diabetes by 11%
Hi-Res GPS Gives Location Down to the Centimeter
A $1.2 billion system of satellites and ground stations would give unprecedented accuracy
Well: Why Chocolate Is Good for Us
In recent years, large-scale epidemiological studies have found that people whose diets include dark chocolate have a lower risk of heart disease than those whose diets do not.
'Beneficial inflammation' may promote healing in pulmonary fibrosis
Inflammation has long been considered an integral part of the biological process that leads to deadly scarring in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
Star is discovered to be a close neighbor of the Sun and the coldest of its kind
Frosty star only 7.2 light years away
Reconstructed ancient ocean reveals secrets about the origin of life
Researchers from the University of Cambridge have published details about how the first organisms on Earth could have become metabolically active.
Agreement reached on deep sea mining
Plans to open the world's first mine in the deep ocean have moved significantly closer to becoming reality.
Coated droplets hint at formation of early cells
Researchers at the University of Bristol have designed a chemical system that brings together alternative ideas on how primitive cells were formed on the early Earth to produce a new model of protocell organization.
Researchers find carbon reactions with basalt can form carbonate minerals faster than thought
pumping CO₂ into underground basalt formations resulted in 80 % of the carbon being sequestered into carbonate materials within one year
Well: Treating Appendicitis Without Surgery
For many years, immediate surgery has been considered the only proper treatment for appendicitis in children.