Flexible working conditions often mean mothers in academia do more parenting than men. Credit: Jelena Cvetkovic/Alamy.

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Otoliths, calcium carbonate structures in the ear of fish, have turned into a valuable new tool for monitoring metal pollution in Gobind Sagar Reservoir, an artificial water body created by the Bhakra ...

Three people with epilepsy resistant to drug treatment saw the number of seizures they had per month fall by more than 90%, ...

Eye cancer is an uncommon tumour that can affect the outer parts of the eye (like the eyelid) or the inside of the eyeball (intraocular cancer). The most common intraocular cancers in adults are ...

Tumour biomarkers is a term used to describe many different potential markers of cancer development and progression. These markers can come in many forms — for example, proteins, biochemicals, DNA and ...

Tissues are ensembles of similar or compatible types of animal or plant cells that together carry out a specific function. In the human body there are four categories of tissues: epithelial, ...

Interventional cardiology is the use of intravascular, catheter-based techniques in the treatment of patients with cardiovascular disease.