A study led by doctors at the Medical University of South Carolina and UMass Chan Medical School found that ultrasound-guided nerve blocks helped kids with broken thigh bones, also known as femurs, ...

The first synthetic plastic - Bakelite - was produced in 1907, marking the beginning of the global plastics industry. For more than 100 years, global production and consumption of plastics have ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Playing with blocks helps young children gain language skills, a small study concluded on Monday. After six months, language scores among half of 175 children aged 1-1/2 to 2-1/2 ...

A study from the American Academy of Pediatrics suggests parents of toddlers should skip electronic gifts this holiday season and instead pick up some blocks if they want to help their children build ...

The $6-billion Shire-Zambezi waterway project in southern Africa is in jeopardy because two sponsoring countries are at odds. Landlocked Malawi and Mozambique, two of three countries (the other is ...

A cancer vaccine that had little success in clinical trials for patients with advanced tumors could potentially have efficacy if administered earlier in the treatment cycle, according to a study from ...

The SARS-CoV-2 macro domain protein bound to small molecule fragments that could be the basis of novel antiviral drugs. Editor’s note: A manuscript detailing the findings was posted to the bioRxiv ...

MIT researchers have found that amino acids — major building blocks for life on Earth — are stable in highly concentrated sulfuric acid. Their results support the idea that these same molecules may be ...