A new material could form the basis for a new kind of antibacterial surface that prevents infections and reduces our reliance on antibiotics, suggests new research.

Postmenopausal women who have a history of gum disease also have a higher risk of cancer, according to a new study of more than 65,000 women.

The use of insects as indicators of post-mortem displacement is a familiar technique depicted on many crime investigation TV shows. In reality, this practice is far from clear-cut. To cut through the hype, researchers have looked across existing studies to review how exactly insects have been used in legal investigations and to what extent these methods have been useful.

Scientists have spent years studying the structures and mechanisms bacteria use to resist antibiotics. Researchers can now describe the efflux pumps and transporters that certain disease-causing bacteria use to keep antibiotics away.

In the past, multiple sclerosis patients were advised not to exercise for fear of exacerbating the illness. However, it is now known that physical training can relieve many of the symptoms, including the excessive fatigue and mobility impairments that are often seen. New research now shows that resistance training may protect the nervous system and thus slow the progression of the disease.

Noise from motorboats changes the behavior of cleaner fish and the species they help, outlines a new report.

Researchers say they have a solution to the oil field flares wasting 3.5 percent of the world's natural gas: an inexpensive reactor that can convert methane to electricity.

A new study allays concerns among cardiologists that aspirin could increase the risk of hospitalization and death related to heart failure for patients with heart failure who take one of the first-line therapies: angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors or angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs).

Researchers are tackling cancer through deep learning with an eye towards the future and exascale computing.

Adults in the UK who have poor sleep patterns are more likely to be overweight and obese and have poorer metabolic health, according to a new study.

Researchers have developed a new synthesis route for alternative catalysts of noble metals, explains a new report.

A process has been developed to form interwoven polymer networks more easily, quickly and sustainably than traditional methods allow. Their secret ingredient? Blue light.

Aficionados use words like "oaky" to describe some wines, or "hoppy" when talking about certain beers. But for rum--a product with over 1,000 different varieties -- putting the words together to describe what imbibers are smelling and tasting is a bit more difficult.

Diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease and determining a patient’s prognosis is an inexact business, and that stands in the way of better personalized care and advances in treatment. A new study has identified a potential new way of confirming the disease and predicting a patient’s outlook.

Antibiotics are lifesaving drugs, but overuse is leading to antibiotic resistance, one of the world's most pressing health threats. Scientists identified 11 genetic markers in blood that accurately distinguished between viral and bacterial infections 80 to 90 percent of the time. The finding is important because physicians don't have a good way to confirm bacterial infections like pneumonia and more-often-than-not default to an antibiotic.