Tumors of the brain and spinal cord, or gliomas, are among the most commonly occurring brain tumors. Although a majority...

Credit: Credit: Purdue Agricultural Communications/Tom Campbell WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Doctors may soon be able to detect and monitor a...

Credit: Sun & Chan/U of T Engineering ATMs and coffee shops such as Tim Hortons, Starbucks and Second Cup make...

Credit: Gianluca Fontana/UW-Madison MADISON, Wis. -- Borrowing from nature is an age-old theme in science. Form and function go hand-in-hand...

Credit: Arcadio Castillo, STRI Dead zones affect dozens of coral reefs around the world and threaten hundreds more according to...

Credit: NASA/Frankie Martin Bacteria may mutate more rapidly in space and scientists theorize patterns of those mutations could help predict...

A small protein that could protect the brain from stroke-induced injury has been discovered by researchers from The University of...

Credit: Trinity College Dublin Microbiologists at Trinity College Dublin have discovered a new way to prevent bacteria from growing on...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- As the world ends, will you lock arms and sing "Kumbayah" or embark on a path of...

Chicago's red-light cameras reduce serious injury crashes at intersections where they are placed and also have a measurable "spillover effect"...

Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, March 16, 2017 - Why are so many supermarket tomatoes tasteless and rock hard?...

Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Some 290 million years ago, a star much like the sun wandered too close...

Credit: NASA Orbital ATK is targeted to launch its Cygnus spacecraft into orbit for a resupply mission to the International...

Credit: Derrick Turner EAST LANSING, Mich. - Prion diseases are scary, incurable and fatal. They first gained notoriety when cows...

Credit: Kevin Soobrian LOS ALAMOS, N.M., March 20, 2017-- A multi-institutional team of researchers from Canada and the US has...

Fair trade certified coffee is the kind of phrase that sounds good on a Whole Foods shelf, the type of...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Trees and other plants, from towering redwoods to diminutive daisies, are nature's hydraulic pumps. They are constantly...

Credit: BioServe Inc., University of Colorado Growing significant numbers of human stem cells in a short time could lead to...

Credit: ICIQ Photoreceptors in vertebrates typically consist of two different, colourless parts: an organic pigment and a protein. When both...

Credit: Cincinnati Children's CINCINNATI - Scientists identify two signaling proteins in cancer cells that make them resistant to chemotherapy, and...