While publishers look to produce ever more colourful and exciting texts to entice buyers, University of Sussex psychologists have shown that having more than one illustration per page results in poorer word learning among pre-schoolers.
Based on a new molecular study of tissues biopsied from various parts of the upper digestive tract, researchers have identified significant, if subtle, differences in gene mutations and other factors that could help in developing more tailored treatment options for cancer patients.
Cancer scientists overestimate the extent to which high-profile preclinical studies can be successfully replicated, new research suggests.
A new study found that even if hospital workers follow handwashing guidelines as closely as possible, MRSA can still be transmitted among their newborn patients in the NICU.
In a new study, researchers have shown for the first time that, not only can infection with the Leishmania parasite alter the skin microbiome of affected mice, but this altered microbial community can be passed to uninfected mice that share a cage with the infected animals.
Laws that require increasingly older kids to sit in car safety seats appear to have limited impact, new research has found.
Female first-year students earn a higher grade when paired with at least one other female for group projects in introductory college engineering classes, according to new research.
