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Credit: Cayetano Pleguezuelos-Manzano, Jens Puschhof, Axel Rosendahl Huber, ©Hubrecht Institute. A common type of bacteria found in our guts could...

Communities of bacteria known as biofilms are notorious for forming on implanted medical devices and tissues in the body, where...

Credit: The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University A typo appearing in the draft of a novel is no great...

International project to help determine genetic abnormalitiesCredit: Bielefeld University/R. Wittler When new viruses or bacteria spread to humans, it is...

Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Roughly 80% of people with myotonic dystrophy - a common form...

Credit: Ying Tan Scientists have solved a puzzle that has long baffled botanists - why some plants on high mountainsides...

This strategy can open new avenues to improve the effectiveness of therapies in thousands of patients who are currently being...

Credit: Lancaster University How high altitudes affect people's breathing and its coordination with the heart beat is due to genetic...

Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Naval Research Lab/Giacintucci, S.; XMM:ESA/XMM; Radio: NCRA/TIFR/GMRTN; Infrared: 2MASS/UMass/IPAC-Caltech/NASA/NSF Scientists studying a distant galaxy cluster have discovered the...

Credit: Malin Arnesson Now researchers are presenting guidelines for how active matter, such as cells and microorganisms, can best be...

HZDR researchers are developing a new radiotracer for differential diagnosticsCredit: HZDR / B. Tiedemann An interdisciplinary team from the Institute...

Credit: WANG Min A research group led by Prof. WANG Feng from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of the...

Credit: Tobias Freitag, University of Helsinki Celiac disease affects 0.3-2.4% of people in most countries world-wide, and approx. 2% in...

Researchers at the University of Bonn are investigating the conservation status of the reptile, which is up to 20 million...

Imaging technology poised to enhance spectral analysis for food, agricultural and pharmaceutical applicationsCredit: Pedro Martín-Mateos, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid...

Research led by University of Göttingen questions whether palm-oil biodiesel can reduce greenhouse gas emissionsCredit: Ana Meijide, University of Göttingen,...

UNIGE researchers have succeeded in tying molecules together, thereby modifying their intrinsic mechanical propertiesCredit: © UNIGE Knots are all around...

Study in Prat and Barceloneta beachesCredit: Anna Sanchez-Vidal, UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA A team of the University of Barcelona has studied...

Credit: Photo by Elin Lindstrom Older people's risk of recurrent fractures decreases by 18 percent if the care they receive...

Credit: Saarland University/Thorsten Mohr Red blood cells (erythrocytes) are the pack animals of the human circulatory system. They transport oxygen...