The word was coined decades ago but has risen to prominence recently thanks to stars like Lily Allen and Taylor Swift ...

FOR the study of somatic chromosomes a fixative is required that penetrates quickly, but does not shrink the cytoplasm; that spreads the chromosomes for counting, and gives clear definition of ...

Key Laboratory of Geographic Information Science of the Ministry of Education, School of Geographic Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and ...

Oral fixation may occur if a person’s needs are not met during a specific stage of childhood development, according to a theory introduced by psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud. Oral fixations include habits ...

Nitrogen is essential for all life on Earth. In the global oceans, however, this element is scarce, and nitrogen availability is therefore critical for the growth of marine life. Some bacteria found ...

A sweeping new definition of long COVID could help affected people get recognition of their condition and improve diagnosis and treatment. The U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and ...

Fixations can come in many varieties, and they’re common for neurodivergent and autistic people. While they can often be enjoyable and helpful, therapy can help if they become overwhelming. Whether it ...

Open reduction internal fixation (ORIF) surgery repairs severe bone breakages. Surgeons perform ORIF surgery on severely broken bones when a cast or splint will not suffice. ORIF surgery is a major ...

From The Plague, which will be published this month by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. On the opening page of his famous 1981 meditation, After Virtue, the philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre asks his readers ...