Long-term harmful effects of marijuana include risk for heart attacks and strokes in addition to impaired learning and memory. The active chemical in marijuana, called delta-9-tetrahyrdocannabinol (…

SAN FRANCISCO, May 13 /PRNewswire/ -- WeatherBill (www.weatherbill.com) today announced that Jens Boening, a weather risk management industry leader, has been appointed as Managing Director, Europe…

NEW YORK, May 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Johnson & Johnson today announced that Professor Marc Feldmann, FMedSci, FAA, FRS and Emeritus Professor Sir Ravinder N. Maini, FRCP, FMedSci, FRS of the Kennedy…

From the Boston Globe: We literary scholars have mostly failed to generate surer and firmer knowledge about the things we study. While most other fields gradually accumulate new and durable…

In March, the US House Energy and Commerce Committee launched an investigation into potential conflicts of interest in scientific panels that advise the Environmental Protection Agency on the human…

GAITHERSBURG, Maryland, May 12 /PRNewswire/ -- - Re-using the existing device-network infrastructure, the Model 2172R transparently extends Ethernet up to 3,000 feet (900 meters) or more in…

Women who breast feed for longer have a smaller chance of getting rheumatoid arthritis, suggests a study published online ahead of print in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. The study also found…

OAK PARK, Michigan, May 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Azure Dynamics Corporation (TSX: AZD, LSE: ADC & OTCQX: AZDDF) - ("Azure" or the "Company"), a leading developer of hybrid electric and electric…

A goal that remained elusive for 25 years has now allowed astronomers to obtain the most precise measurement of the cosmic temperature at an incredible distance; in a well-hidden galaxy whose light…

Here's a fun experiment, one you've probably done already a million times: stick your arm out in front of you. Stick up your left thumb, like you're giving the thumbs up. Close one eye - see where…