Farming Atlantic salmon requires a high volume of wild-caught fish as feed, but produces only a small percentage of the ...

Drug misuse is not exclusive to the opioid epidemic, according to a recent West Virginia Universitystudy. Every year, about 50,000 people ...

An ambitious academic, clinical and industry research programme supported by a €5 million funding grant from Science Foundation Ireland, which ...

A team of scientists used an emerging genetic tool that analyzes DNA in water samples to detect whales and dolphins ...

Neurons in the brain coexist with and rely on many other cell types to function properly. Astrocytes, which take their ...

The end of the Permian was characterized by the greatest mass extinction event in Earth’s history. 252 million years ago, ...

The prompt for the study came from MS patients: "We hear again and again from sufferers that they feel worse ...

Intestinal cells can change specializations during their lives. The BMP signaling pathway – an important communication mechanism between cells – ...

A research team led by Prof. CHEN Di from the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology (SIAT) of the Chinese Academy ...

A new study has suggested that treatment to target necroptosis in muscle fibers using a necroptosis inhibitor lessens myositis-induced muscle ...

Disposable face masks could be harmful to wildlife, according to researchers who have observed harmful effects of the masks on ...

AUGUSTA, Ga. (March 1, 2022) — A ubiquitous protein called sigma 1 receptor, which is known to protect cells from ...

Scientists from the Ryan Institute in NUI Galway have published the first record of a Noble False Widow spider feeding ...

The only references we have for “life” are the forms we know on Earth. Astrobiologists suspect that the search for ...

New research from scientists at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University suggests opioid use before pregnancy—even if not used during ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A new study challenges the conventional approach to designing soft robotics and a class of materials called ...

A research team from New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYITCOM), led by Biomedical Sciences Instructor Satoru Kobayashi, ...

Reflecting on fond memories goes a step beyond making you feel warm and fuzzy: nostalgia can reduce pain perception. Nostalgia ...

Ever noticed that looking at photos of good times with family or friends diminishes the pain of your headache? Nostalgia ...

The innate immune system plays a crucial role in regulating host-microbe interactions, and especially in providing protection against pathogens that ...