Credit: John Innes Centre A sophisticated mechanism that allows plant roots to quickly respond to changes in soil conditions has...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Under a microscope, a cell's cytoplasm can resemble a tiny underwater version of New York's Times Square:...

Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - University of Massachusetts Amherst chemist Sankaran "Thai" Thayumanavan has received a three-year, $1.8 million...

Credit: University of Colorado Boulder The microbiome seems ubiquitous: humans and many other species rely on billions of tiny organisms...

Credit: Balint Nagy Through their pattern of firing, neurons influence the behavior of the cells that upon maturation will provide...

Credit: (Purdue University photo/Aniket Pal) WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- A new medical-diagnostic device made out of paper detects biomarkers and...

Credit: Steve Clay Predator animals have long been known to avoid devouring brightly coloured and patterned prey, and now an...

Credit: Brigitte Sommer The vulnerability and conservation value of sub-tropical reefs south of the Great Barrier Reef -- regarded as...

1. CRC screening with flexible sigmoidoscopy reduces risk for death A re-analysis of all-cause mortality in the USPSTF 2016 evidence...

Credit: Brian Strickland/UNC Lineberger CHAPEL HILL - UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers have identified a possible reason why some...

Breast cancer remains a leading cause of cancer-related death for women in the United States. Early detection and targeted therapies...

Credit: Rita Fior/CCU Portuguese scientists have for the first time shown that the larvae of a tiny fish could one...

A comprehensive genomic analysis of Wilms tumor - the most common kidney cancer in children - found genetic mutations involving...

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. -- NRG Oncology researchers recently developed and validated a nomogram that can predict 2-year and 5-year overall survival...

Credit: Medical University of South Carolina A mechanism that pushes a certain gene to produce a non-coding form of RNA...

Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA -- A nanolaser known as the spaser can serve as a super-bright, water-soluble, biocompatible probe...

Credit: The Jackson Laboratory With new funding from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences totaling $2,059,618 over five years,...

Credit: UCLA Health Of the nearly 4 million women in the United States who have had either breast cancer or...

All cancer patients of reproductive age should be provided with fertility information and referrals for fertility preservation. A new Psycho-Oncology...

When to initiate screening for breast cancer, how often to screen, and how long to screen are questions that continue...