When pancreatic beta cell numbers decrease, the likelihood of diabetes rises. Until now, scientists have struggled to find a therapeutic method to increase them.

Objective To describe the long term risk of cervical cancer in women with untreated (that is, undergoing active surveillance) or immediately treated cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 2 (CIN2). Design Nationwide population based historical coh ...

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in the United States, but CVD mortality rates vary substantially across U.S. counties. Recent explanations about geographic disparities in CVD mortality focus mainly on differences in demogra ...

Estimate includes £63bn cost to people affected, £19bn cost to NHS and £15bn cost to society

<p><strong>December 4, 2023 San Francisco, CA:</strong> In a detailed <a href="https://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-alzheimers-disease/jad230418">study</a&am ...

Estimate includes £63bn cost to people affected, £19bn cost to NHS and £15bn cost to society

Climate change could cause some mammal species to shrink as much as 21% by 2100

Agnes Chow announced she is studying at a Canadian university in Toronto and intends to never return to Hong Kong.

A consideration of how mountains influence El Niño- and La Niña-induced precipitation change in western North America may be the ticket to more informed water conservation planning along the Colorado River, new research suggests. The study, coinci ...

With methane emissions from ruminant agriculture contributing 17% of total methane emissions worldwide, there is increasing urgency to develop strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in this sector. One of the proposed strategies is ruminant fe ...

A new fossil discovery raises the question of why and when males lost the ability to bite.

Older adults spend less time worrying and more time staying on task, according to a new study by Washington University in St. Louis psychological and brain sciences researchers Matt Welhaf and Julie Bugg in Arts & Sciences.

Reducing oxygen levels in critically ill children on mechanical ventilators in intensive care could save tens of young lives each year, finds a new study led by researchers at UCL and Great Ormond Street Hospital.

<p>In the largest study of its kind, scientists used weather radar data to map bird stopover density in the United States and found that artificial light is a top indicator of where birds will land. City lights lure birds into what can ...

A study finds AI tools are more vulnerable than previously thought to targeted attacks that effectively force AI systems to make bad decisions.

After completing a degree, law graduates inevitably face the question of which route to take. Here’s how to figure out what’s best for you – and what to consider before you embark on a course of study

Earth-like planets, including planets with water, could form even in the harshest known planet-forming environments, according to a new study by an international team that includes Penn State astronomers.

14C measurements show coast redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens) remobilize decades- to century-old carbon reserves to regrow leaves after a rare fire. To do so, trees resprout from dormant bud tissue maintained for centuries or more.

The average morning routine for many Americans includes inhaling several milligrams of chemicals that may be harmful to their health, Purdue University researchers have found.