Health | Society - 07 Sep 10 - Bipolar disorder by itself does not increase the risk of committing violent crime, suggests a new study by Oxford University and the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden.

The evolution of big-brained mammals may be due to maternal investment, rather than metabolism, according to a new study by scientists at UCL (University College London) and the University of Cambridge.

University scientists have shed light on how DNA is compacted as cells divide, helping explain how cell renewal can fail.

Consuming energy drinks during team sports could help young people perform better, a study suggests.

Fostering community cooperation, building on skills and strengths, and getting strangers to work together — these are fundamentals of community development.

The findings come from a study of butterfly populations in UK landscapes by scientists at the Universities of Leeds and York.

Interactive online mental health resources combined with traditional counselling help improve the mental wellbeing of teenagers, according to new research by the University of Sydney published in the Journal of Technology in Human Services .

PASADENA, Calif.—Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have engineered a fundamentally new approach to killing cancer cells.