If the proven long-term benefits of smoking cessation are not enough to motivate young adults to stop smoking, a new study shows that 18- to 24-year o...
They are tiny, ugly, disease-carrying little blood-suckers that most people have never seen or heard of, but a new discovery in a one-of-a-kind fossil...
A genetic variant that increases the risk of a common type of stroke has been identified by scientists in a study funded by the Wellcome Trust and pub...
Though pacemakers require only small amounts of energy (about 1 millionth of a Watt), their batteries have to be replaced periodically, which means mu...
New research reveals how the arrival of the first plants 470 million years ago triggered a series of ice ages. Led by the Universities of Exeter and O...
Caffeine consumption has long been associated with decreased risk of liver disease and reduced fibrosis（纤维化） in patients with chronic liver disease. N...
Internet information giant Google updated ocean data in its Google Earth application this week, reflecting new bathymetry（海洋测深学） data assembled by Scr...
New research from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) might help explain how a gene mutation found in some autistic individuals leads to difficulties...
A study of the cells that respond to crises in the blood system has yielded a few surprises, redrawing the 'map' of how blood cells are made i...
In the US alone, at least 500,000 people suffer from Parkinson's disease, a neurological disorder that affects a person's ability to control h...