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Credit: Dara Orbach, Dalhousie University Earth's creatures outwardly display an astonishing diversity of genitalia and mating behavior, but the intricate...

Beta blocker shows cancer-fighting properties

Loading video... Credit: Bradley T. Andresen PhD, Western University of Health Sciences Chicago (April 23, 2017) - A new study...

In experiments on Earth, testing possible building blocks of alien life

Credit: Claire Mammoser, Valparaiso University Scientists are attempting to identify the amino acids--building blocks that make proteins and support all...

Totally bizarre facts about the star-nosed mole

Credit: Ken Catania A quarter-century of research on the star-nosed mole has unearthed startling insights into the evolution of animal...

Testing urine for particular proteins could be key to preventing kidney transplant failure

Vienna, Austria: Testing for molecular markers in the urine of kidney transplant patients could reveal whether the transplant is failing...

Scientists and engineers push the envelope for better heart health

Credit: Virtual Augmentation and Simulation for Surgery and Therapy, Western University Recent months have brought striking new advances in the...

Cancer research advances: 5 leads for better diagnosis and treatment

Cancer therapies are becoming ever more sophisticated and personalized, yet cancer remains the second-leading cause of death in the United...

New therapy has potential to advance the treatment of pediatric cholestatic liver diseases

April 22, 2017, Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Results presented today from a study of a novel ileal bile acid transport inhibitor,...

SIRT is better tolerated than sorafenib, but doesn’t increase overall survival in HCC

April 22, 2017, Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Results of the SARAH trial presented today demonstrate that SIRT resulted in median overall...

Trial of fibrate therapy in primary biliary cholangitis shows treatment is well tolerated

April 22, 2017, Amsterdam, The Netherlands: The results of the BEZURSO study, presented today, found that bezafibrate in combination with...

Long-term treatment of decompensated cirrhosis with human albumin improves survival

April 22, 2017, Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Results from the ANSWER study presented today showed that long-term administration of human albumin...

Study of bacteria’s DNA fingerprint suggests it could be spreading via food distribution

Foods should be investigated as a potential source of spread of Clostridium difficile, according to research presented at the 27th...

LSUHealthNO research shows fish oil component helps damaged brain and retina cells survive

Credit: LSU Neuroscience Center of Excellence New Orleans, LA - A team of researchers led by Nicolas Bazan, MD, PhD,...

Princeton course inspires textbook on matrix structural analysis and finite element methods

Credit: World Scientific Princeton's Dr. Jean H. Prévost and Serguei Bagrianski have released a book with World Scientific, entitled, An...

Ethereum — foundations of cryptocurrency and blockchain programming

Credit: apress Cryptocurrencies are on the rise, and blockchain protocols are taking the world by storm. Ethereum is an open-source...

Wonder material? Novel nanotube structure strengthens thin films for flexible electronics

Credit: University of Illinois Reflecting the structure of composites found in nature and the ancient world, researchers at the University...

Research sheds new light on forces that threaten sensitive coastlines

Credit: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Wind-driven expansion of marsh ponds on the Mississippi River Delta is a significant factor...

Quantum mechanics are complex enough, for now…

Credit: Copyright: MSc. Jonas Schmöle, Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna Quantum mechanics is based on a set of mathematical...

Researchers receive $9 million grant for research on drug-resistant malaria

The University of Maryland School of Medicine has been awarded a $9 million seven-year grant by the National Institute of...

USDA announces $18 million to educate the future agricultural science workforce