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New study by Australian and US researchers describe how an "open-minded" population empowers city life.

Regular consumption of milk is not associated with increased levels of cholesterol, according to new research of nearly 2 million people.

According to a study being presented at the 23rd European Congress of Endocrinology (e-ECE 2021), on Sunday 23 May at 19:00 CET (www.ece2021.org), women working night shifts may be at a greater risk of menstrual irregularity and developing endometriosis.

Patients' irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) symptoms unexpectedly improved when they were under COVID-19 stay-at-home orders, reaffirming the gut-brain connection in functional gastrointestinal disorders, according to research that was selected for presentation at Digestive Disease Week® (DDW) 2021.

Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have been quantifying how different batches of mesenchymal stem cells respond to the mechanical stiffness of their environments. They focused on how certain proteins were "localized" in cell nuclei and found key trends in how this changed with stiffness. Their findings explain inconsistencies between previous findings and may guide how scientists control the state of stem cells for research and medical treatments.

An artificial intelligence tool under development at Duke University can be added to the standard toilet to help analyze patients' stool and give gastroenterologists the information they need to provide appropriate treatment, according to research that was selected for presentation at Digestive Disease Week® (DDW) 2021. The new technology could assist in managing chronic gastrointestinal issues such as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).

Nearly half a billion people have diabetes, but most aren't getting the kind of care that could make their lives healthier, longer and more productive, according to a new global study of data from people with the condition. Many don't even know they have the condition.Only 1 in 10 people with diabetes in the 55 low- and middle-income countries studied receive the type of comprehensive care that's been proven to reduce diabetes-related problems.

Simon Fraser University researchers have validated a faster, cheaper COVID-19 test that could kickstart the expansion of more widespread rapid testing. Study results have been published in The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics.

Neurotic personalities found the pandemic most traumatic, while agreeable and conscientious personalities offered protection from the pandemic's negative impacts.

Plant diseases don't stop at national borders and miles of oceans don't prevent their spread, either. That's why plant disease surveillance, improved detection systems, and global predictive disease modeling are necessary to mitigate future disease outbreaks and protect the global food supply, according to a team of researchers in a new commentary published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Business shutdowns reduce COVID-19 deaths, though with rapidly diminishing returns, with study of Italian lockdowns estimating they saved over 9,400 lives in under a month.

For decades scientists have been puzzled by the formation of rare hyper-enriched gold deposits. How do they form so quickly? Studying examples from the Brucejack Mine in British Columbia, McGill Professor Anthony Williams-Jones and PhD student Duncan McLeish have discovered that these gold deposits form much like soured milk.

Researchers at Brigham Young University have built a new analog-to-digital converter (ADC) -- a tiny piece of technology present in almost every electronic piece of equipment that converts analog signals (like a radio wave) to a digital signal -- with record-breaking power efficiency. The ADC consumes only 21 milli-Watts of power at 10GHz for ultra-wideband wireless communications.

Researchers analyzed camera trap data from across the continent to better understand how particular species of mammals respond to different types of human disturbance.

Ionization energy is one of the most important physicochemical parameters. It is defined in terms of the amount of energy required to rip an electron from an atom.

UC San Diego School of Medicine researchers identify how the body regulates and prevents constant skin inflammation.

Papers in leading psychology, economic and science journals that fail to replicate and therefore are less likely to be true are often the most cited papers in academic research, according to a new study by the University of California San Diego's Rady School of Management.

Free access to essential medicines increases patient adherence to taking medication by 35 per cent and reduces total health spending by an average of over $1,000 per patient per year, according to a two-year study led by Unity Health Toronto researchers that tested the effects of providing patients with free and convenient access to a carefully selected set of medications.

Managers may fail to learn from past experiences if they do not consider a recent disaster as representative of future events. Even when managers learn from experience, they may lack organizational influence and find they are unable to leverage learning to inform decision-making. Managers may also over- or under-estimate disaster risk and, thus, over or under prepare. Willingness to learn from other organizations about how to manage natural disaster risk is also important.

Campylobacter infection, one of the most common foodborne illnesses in the Western world, can also be spread through sexual contact, according to a new research discovery by an OU Hudson College of Public Health faculty member, working in conjunction with colleagues in Denmark.