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A new report published in Weather confirms that 2016 was another exceptionally warm year, with global temperature having reached 0.77±...

Credit: Siobhán Cooke, Johns Hopkins Medicine Radiocarbon dating of a fossilized leg bone from a Jamaican monkey called Xenothrix mcgregori...

Noninvasive fetal genetic sequencing done early in pregnancy is poised to become a routine part of prenatal care. While it...

Credit: Melanie Burford. Researchers at the University of Bergen have transformed skin puncture cells from diabetes patients into insulin producing...

Credit: Project ZiBRA An international group of researchers on board a mobile laboratory equipped with an innovative handheld genetic sequencing...

The age at which girls have their first period may influence how long they stay in education. The findings come...

Credit: Brian Dougherty Manure is a reality in raising farm animals. Manure can be a useful fertilizer, returning valued nitrogen,...

During the Industrial Revolution, factories began relying on machines rather than people for mass production. Amidst the societal changes, standardization...

Credit: Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University The worldwide Zika threat first emerged in 2015, infecting millions as it swept across...

Credit: University of Konstanz In the past several years, and in close cooperation with the Janelia Research Campus of the...

Lead in drinking water is a decades-old problem and still poses serious public health risks today. In response, utilities are...

Credit: Paul Tafforeau / ESRF The discovery in Kenya of a remarkably complete fossil ape skull reveals what the common...

Credit: MU Health COLUMBIA, Mo. (Aug. 9, 2017) -- More than 31,000 new cases of endometrial cancer are expected to...

Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--As part of the National Science Foundation's funding for new multidisciplinary approaches to neuroscience, Salk Professor...

Credit: Anne F. Simon, Western University, Canada Most of us have had the experience of backing away when someone has...

Credit: University of Utah Health Inherited genetic mutations can rob up to 7 percent of the population of their smile....

With the rapid expansion of the urban landscape, successfully managing ecosystems in built areas has never been more important. However,...

Credit: UC San Diego Health Microbiome researchers Rob Knight, PhD, University of California San Diego, Jeffrey Gordon, MD, Washington University...

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists have discovered that exposure to environmental levels of triclocarban (TCC), an antibacterial chemical common in...

As antibiotic resistance rises and fears over superbugs grow, scientists are looking for new treatment options. One area of focus...