Science

Green tea ingredient may target protein to kill oral cancer cells

Jan 29, 2015 PM EST

A compound found in green tea may trigger a cycle that kills oral cancer cells while leaving healthy cells alone, according to Penn State food scientists. The research could lead to treatments for oral cancer, as well as other types of cancer.

Researchers advance the science behind treating patients with corneal blindness

Jan 27, 2015 PM EST

Researchers in the Cedars-Sinai Board of Governors Regenerative Medicine Institute have devised a novel way to generate transplantable corneal stem cells that may eventually benefit patients suffering from life-altering forms of blindness.

Bad reputation of crows demystified

Jan 25, 2015 PM EST

In literature, crows and ravens are a bad omen and are associated with witches.

New study reveals oldest primate lived in trees

Jan 24, 2015 PM EST

Say "primate" and most people wouldn't think of a tree-dwelling, squirrel-like creature that weighs no more than a deck of playing cards, but a new study suggests that may perfectly describe humans' earliest primate ancestors.

Not so obvious: Consumers don't just assume bundled products are a better value

Jan 21, 2015 PM EST

Product bundling is a common marketing strategy. According to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research, retailers need to draw attention to the value of a package deal since consumers prefer products that are packaged individually.

Waiting to be discovered for more than 100 years -- new species of bush crickets

Jan 19, 2015 PM EST

Museums of Natural History are an important source of evidences...

Total milk intake dropped by nearly half when chocolate milk removed from school program

Jan 14, 2015 PM EST

Researchers from the College of Pharmacy and Nutrition, University of Saskatchewan measured milk consumption (plain milk and flavoured milk) by children in a sample of Saskatoon elementary schools.

As many as two-fifths of never-smoking teens are exposed to secondhand smoke worldwide

Jan 12, 2015 PM EST

Many teens who have never smoked are being exposed to the health dangers of tobacco. A new study by the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, in collaboration with East Tennessee State University, the Indian Institute of Technology and the..

Deworming programs in animal, human populations may have unwanted impacts

Jan 11, 2015 PM EST

A study of the effects of worming medications on infectious disease in wildlife herds showed an unexpected and alarming result - it helped reduce individual deaths from a bovine tuberculosis infection, but hugely increased the potential for spread of..

iPhone separation linked to physiological anxiety, poor cognitive performance

Jan 08, 2015 PM EST

Cell phone use has become a common part of life as mobile devices have become one of the most popular ways to communicate.

Mosquitoes and malaria: Scientists pinpoint how biting cousins have grown apart

Nov 28, 2014 PM EST

Certain species of mosquitoes are genetically better at transmitting malaria than even some of their close cousins, according to a multi-institutional team of researchers including Virginia Tech scientists.

NASA's Van Allen Probes Spot an Impenetrable Barrier in Space

Nov 26, 2014 PM EST

Two donuts of seething radiation that surround Earth, called the Van Allen radiation belts, have been found to contain a nearly impenetrable barrier that prevents the fastest, most energetic electrons from reaching Earth.

Researchers identify a natural shield against harmful radiation belt

Nov 26, 2014 PM EST

Researchers find that Earth's 'plasmaspheric hiss' protects against a harmful radiation belt

Study unlocks basis of key immune protein's two-faced role

Nov 26, 2014 PM EST

BWH researchers identify molecular partner of TIM-3, shedding light on function and suggesting path toward therapeutic development

Boy moms more social in chimpanzees

Nov 25, 2014 AM EST

Nearly four decades of observations of Tanzanian chimpanzees has revealed that the mothers of sons are about 25 percent more social than the mothers of daughters. Boy moms were found to spend about two hours more per day with other chimpanzees than t..