New research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has discovered that bacteria present in the lungs create an environment that suppresses the activation of cancer-killing T cells in the nearby lymph nodes, making immunotherapy treatments less effective.
Active monitoring of prostate cancer has the same high survival rates after 15 years as radiotherapy or surgery, reports the largest study of its kind today.
An analysis extending from southern Portugal to northern Norway highlights the importance of temperature in determining where fish species are found.
A new set of 100-year climate projections has been created to assess the likelihood of heavy rain downpours in the UK, which can cause flash flooding, over the coming years and decades.
The same genetics that helped some of our ancestors fight the plague is still likely to be at work in our bodies today, potentially providing some of the population with extra protection against respiratory diseases such as COVID-19, according to research led by scientists at University of Bristol.
Pioneering research showing the mental health benefits of surfing by a University of Bristol student has led to an exciting partnership with The Wave to expand the study.
Annual damage caused by flooding in the UK could increase by more than a fifth over the next century due to climate change unless all international pledges to reduce carbon emissions are met, according to new research.
A new 'toolkit' for senior doctors and hospital managers, that will help make changes to their organisational arrangements and improve the quality of hip fracture care across the UK has been launched by The Royal Osteoporosis Society (ROS) in collaboration with researchers from the University of Bristol.
A new tool to value the health effects of urban development proposals has been revealed by researchers at the Universities of Bristol and Bath and published in Frontiers in Public Health.
Social animals should limit individuality to conform with the behaviour of the group, a University of Bristol study has found.
High levels of ozone destroy the chemical mating signal of the insects and may thus contribute to global insect decline
A commonsense observation has now been scientifically demonstrated: cyclists born at high altitudes tend to perform better.
Having three or more versus two children has a negative effect on late-life cognition
Using a $2.6 million grant from NIH, researchers at the MU College of Engineering are designing a breathable material with antimicrobial properties for use with a wearable heart monitor.
Columbia researchers have discovered a way of sizing up the ‘shadows’ of two supermassive black holes in the process of colliding.
Researchers at MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory have made significant strides in understanding how the thalamus communicates with the cerebral cortex, which produces perception based on sensory information it receives.
Previously Unmapped Reservoirs Could Speed Glaciers, Release Carbon
Researchers from MIT's Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences (BCS) have developed a model to better predict the ease or difficulty at which individuals can comprehend sentences, building on the necessity for a unified account of difficulties in language comprehension, according to a recent report by MIT News.
From neurological problems to hearing loss and infertility, survivors of medulloblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer, are left with severe physical and cognitive impairments and have an overall mortality rate 21 times higher than the general population.
Can pharmacists be valuable allies for victims of intimate partner violence (IPV)? Can they identify victims, assess the danger they’re in and help them find the right resources?