CHAPEL HILL - For many men newly diagnosed with early-stage prostate cancer, concerns about potential quality-of-life issues often guide treatment...

Faced with the negative quality-of-life effects from surgery and radiation treatments for prostate cancer, low risk patients may instead want...

Pop quiz: Are crocodiles more closely related to lizards or to birds? The answer may surprise you. Although traditional taxonomy...

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BAR HARBOR, MAINE -- Why are some animals able to regenerate the form and function of almost any body part?...

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WASHINGTON, D.C., March 21, 2017 -- A material with the perovskite crystal structure has become very popular for solar cells....

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Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, March 21, 2017 -- Pasta noodles contain only three ingredients: eggs, water and flour....

Columbus, Ohio - A large, new study of adults with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) correlates 80 cancer-related gene mutations with...

A collaboration between scientists at one of the UK's leading University drug discovery centres and the UK based biotech company...

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Credit: Credits: NASA A hybrid computing system developed at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, is the enabling...

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 21, 2017--Researchers have demonstrated the effectiveness of a minimally invasive...

Credit: Yale University New Haven, Conn. - Yale scientists have developed an ultra-thin coating material that has the potential to...

We may soon get better insight into the microcosm and the world of electrons. Researchers at Lund University and Louisiana...

A team of engineering and medical researchers has found a way to use ultrasound to monitor fluid levels in the...

Zinc is a vital micronutrient involved in many cellular processes: For example, in learning and memory processes, it plays a...