If you’re over 45, chances are your doctor has told you to get screened for colorectal cancer. While it’s a seemingly routine recommendation these days, a great deal of scientific analysis goes into ...

Transitions into new technologies always generate confusion and misinformation, and certainly that has been the case with modern electric cars. Buyers, automakers, and analysts debate their cost, ...

A recent study co-authored by MIT economists challenges the common assumption that getting more sleep leads to increased energy, emotional stability, and overall well-being. The study, conducted in ...

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado – Spokesmen for the oil and gas industry have questioned the validity of a new study claiming that living near gas wells during the hydraulic fracturing phase could be a ...

A Portland State University report about the impact of Measure 110 challenges assumptions about law enforcement and the role police officers play as they interact with people with a drug addiction. A ...

Reducing global emissions of carbon dioxide over the coming century will be more challenging than society has been led to believe, according recent research. Reducing global emissions of carbon ...

GENEVA, June 29 (UNHCR) - A new UNHCR study of seven African nations challenges previous assumptions that conflict, forced displacement and widespread rape have increased the prevalence of HIV in ...

A) Two-photon image of a basal dendrite of L2/3 neuron loaded with Alexa 594. In this example, the spine is ~40 μm below the surface of the slice. Scale bar, 2 μm. (B) Voltage-clamp traces ...

Study may impact diagnosis, treatment for hoarders. August 6, 2012— -- Psychologists have classified hoarding disorder as a type of OCD for years, but new brain imaging research shows that ...