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Study identifies how hantaviruses infect lung cells

Hantaviruses cause severe and sometimes fatal respiratory infections, but how they infect lung cells has been a mystery. In today’s

Scientists once thought that humans must have two million genes to account for all our complexity. But since sequencing the

Stanford engineers have developed an electronic glove containing sensors that could one day give robotic hands the sort of dexterity

New research from an international team of scientists led by University of Cape Town isotope geochemist Dr Robyn Pickering

Smoking during pregnancy increases the chance that your baby will become obese. New research published in Experimental Physiology examined potential

Mannose sugar, a nutritional supplement, can both slow tumour growth and enhance the effects of chemotherapy in mice with multiple

Human language follows certain regularities. For instance, a plural noun must be accompanied by a plural verb, as in the

Researchers at the University of Bristol have established greater evidence for a causal link between trauma in childhood and psychotic

Probiotics are a multibillion-dollar industry with marketing claims of being an effective treatment for a multitude of ailments, including diarrhea.

Compared with women in a recent study who slept seven to eight hours each night, women who slept for ?5