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More than eight million to 14 million tonnes of unreported fish catches are traded illicitly every year, costing the legitimate market between $9 billion and $17 billion in trade each year, according to new research.

A Team around Anthropologist Ron Pinhasi from the University of Vienna – together with researchers from the University of Florence and Harvard University – found out that prehistoric migration from Africa, Asia and Europe to the Mediterranean islands took place long before the era of the Mediterranean seafaring civilizations.

Wearing hearing aids may delay cognitive decline in older adults and improve brain function, according to promising new research.

A new study presents the first genetic evidence suggesting resistance in some bats to white-nose syndrome, a deadly fungal disease that has decimated some North American bat populations.

In a first-of-its-kind study using advanced brain imaging techniques, a commonly used anti-psychotic medication was associated with potentially adverse changes in brain structure.

Shopping at brick-and-mortar stores for personal and home care products often produces less greenhouse gas than one type of online shopping, but more than another it is estimated.

Research on novel nanoelectronics devices has enabled brain neurons and artificial neurons to communicate with each other, opening the door to further significant developments in neural and artificial intelligence research.

The NIH has launched a challenge to spur the design and development of non-invasive, handheld, digital technologies to detect, diagnose and guide therapies for diseases with high global and public health impact.

Penn study shows clinical outcomes of non-small cell lung cancer patients correlate with a higher ratio of tumor mutations detected by liquid biopsy.

Scientists have created functional nanomaterials that could be used to create highly sensitive biosensors for early cancer detection.