Areas in Sweden with early access to electricity at the start of the 1900s underwent rapid change.
People with type 2 diabetes tend to have poorer muscle function than others.
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have discovered that bird blood produces more heat in winter, when it is colder, than in autumn.
A small proportion of women who receive anti-estrogen treatment after breast cancer surgery have worse outcomes.
A virtual environment embedded with knowledge of the physical world speeds up problem-solving.
To negotiate conflict and navigate status hierarchy, individuals in many species form coalitions.
A new UCLA-led study suggests that advanced genome editing technology could be used as a one-time treatment for the rare and deadly genetic disease CD3 delta severe combined immunodeficiency.
Mirror self-recognition (MSR) is considered to be the benchmark of objective self-awareness—the ability to think about oneself. Cross-cultural research showed that there are systematic differences in toddlers’ MSR abilities between 18 and 24 months.
The combination of extended droughts and rising temperatures creates a vicious cycle, with less vegetation leading to higher temperatures, which in turn makes it harder for remaining vegetation to survive. Pictured: Monteith Parkway in Los Angeles’ View Park-Windsor Hills neighborhood.
AWARD In Denmark, we are famous for our register-based research, and now Professor Elsebeth Lynge – one of the pioneers in the field – receives the honorary 10-Year Impact Award. However, new work procedures threaten Danish register-based research.
The combination of extended droughts and rising temperatures creates a vicious cycle, with less vegetation leading to higher temperatures, which in turn makes it harder for remaining vegetation to survive. Pictured: Monteith Parkway in Los Angeles’ View Park-Windsor Hills neighborhood.
Among all but oldest age groups, U.S. has higher death rates than five high-income European nations
Efforts to encourage vaccination might do well to take advantage of the positive feelings and actions between different social groups, according to a study of attitudes toward vaccines among supporters of the Black Lives Matter movement.
Study yields clues into how nitrogenase, an enzyme critical for life, converts nitrogen into ammonia.
A new study may have uncovered why wall lizards have become the most successful reptile in the Mediterranean region.
Great reed warblers normally migrate by night during its month-long migration from northern Europe to Sub-Saharan Africa.
Machine learning software advances could help anesthesiologists optimize drug dose.
In a new study from Lund University and the University of Gothenburg, patients were interviewed about their experiences ten years after undergoing obesity surgery.
Great tits living in cities are genetically different from great tits in the countryside.
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed an algorithm that combines data from a simple blood test and brief memory tests, to predict with great accuracy who will develop Alzheimer's disease in the future. The findings are published in Nature Medicine.