Research led by scientists at the University of Birmingham shows more precisely how G protein-coupled receptors, which are the key target of a large number of drugs, work

Academics at the University of Birmingham's Institute of Applied Health Research carried out the largest study of its kind to date comparing weight and metabolic status to cardiovascular disease risks

Researchers made the unexpected finding that bacteria that mutated to become resistant to quinolone antibiotics also became more resistant to triclosan

Work has important implications for understanding how crops and weeds grow

Previous studies have shown that the type of protein that we inherit from our parents can influence our risk of auto-immune disease and affect how we respond to some forms of cancer treatment

Iron particles generated by cities and industry are being dissolved by man-made air pollution and washed into the sea—potentially increasing the amount of greenhouse gases that the world’s oceans can absorb, a new study suggests

The findings present a promising step forward towards being able to manipulate and control the behaviour of high energy, or ‘hot’, electrons

Over the 30-day sampling period, mobile testing teams will travel to northeastern Brazil and test samples from 750 patients in coastal Brazil

Researchers have found that long-term exposure to environmental pollutants was associated with increased risk of mortality for many types of cancer in an elderly Hong Kong population

Technique has the "potential to make a real difference to the lives of people with head and neck cancer," life sciences minister says

Team shows that episodic retrieval starts with a very rapid reactivation of sensory brain areas