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Although only recently recognized as an issue in wildlife ecology, snake fungal disease (SFD) is of emerging concern in the...

Tokyo, Japan – It has long been known that when salt is kept in a humid environment, it absorbs water,...

Australian palaeontologists from Flinders University have described a new genus of giant fossil kangaroo from the mountains of central Papua...

People who develop an abnormal heart rhythm after surgery have an increased risk of subsequently being admitted to hospital with...

UTICA, NY — To be recognized by one’s peers is especially important in the world of medical research, and one...

AMES, IA – Through CRISPR and other gene-editing technologies, researchers and developers are poised to bring dozens – if not...

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis are leading a national study aimed at identifying patients with...

About 8% of Americans will experience post-traumatic stress disorder at some point in their lives, but there are still few...

Like many neurological diseases, there’s a lot we don’t understand about fragile X syndrome. But, after studying the disorder for...

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Having grown up poor with five siblings in a rural Zimbabwe village, Wilson Majee was the only...

To solve a long-standing puzzle about how long a neutron can “live” outside an atomic nucleus, physicists entertained a wild...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—When faced with a formidable foe for months on end, the immune system’s T cells begin to tire. Whether...

The ‘anomie’ concept – that the society is disintegrating and losing moral standards – explains why people with low socio-economic...

Results from a University of Houston College of Nursing study indicate that 61% of otherwise healthy Black and Hispanic adolescents...

DURHAM, NC – A single gene that was previously found to be the driving force in a rare syndrome linked...

Among older people, vertebral compression fractures are very common, and those with such fractures are at high risk of incurring...

WASHINGTON — Researchers have shown that the computational imaging technique known as ghost imaging can be combined with human vision...

They’re not too cuddly, but bearded dragons are working their way into the hearts and homes of American families. And...

TORONTO, June 28, 2022 – Tadpoles see well underwater, but what happens when they become frogs and live primarily on...

The COVID-19 pandemic and its impacts have taken a disproportionate toll on American mothers who were pregnant or just gave...