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Credit: Bernhard Sabel Magdeburg, Germany, December 14, 2016 – Becoming blind changes a person's life on a fundamental level. Because...

IMAGE: Cravings for sweet foods are common, yet the mechanisms that influence the ''sweet tooth'' are not well-defined. This visual...

Credit: Alina Konovalenko Skeletons and shells first came into being 550 million years ago as the chemical make-up of seawater...

Scientists from the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) have successfully inhibited the growth of colon tumors in mice with mismatch...

Credit: Image by Roblan/Shutterstock, Szasz-Fabian Jozsef/Shutterstock Tsukuba, Japan – Germline cells are the only cells that develop into eggs or...

Credit: IOZ Conventional thinking holds that current climate warming will increase the prevalence and transmission of disease. However, a recent...

Credit: (Photo Courtesy: Singapore University of Technology & Design) Red blood cells are formed in the bone marrow from haematopoietic...

For many, there's nothing like sitting down for a family meal at a table filled with hot, ready-to-serve food. Many...

Credit: © Gregory Batt, Jakob Ruess, Chetan Aditya (Inria / Institut Pasteur) Researchers from the Pasteur Institute and Inria, with...

Credit: © E. van Herk Mosquitoes continue to build resistance to existing pesticides. Research has now shown that the chemical...

Credit: University of Pennsylvania Dentists rely on composite materials to perform restorative procedures, such as filling cavities. Yet these materials,...

Credit: UVA Health System Providing simplified health information designed for parents with low health literacy helps all families in childhood...

Credit: Photo courtesy of Carolina Tiger Rescue DURHAM, N.C. — The bearcat. The binturong. Whatever you call this shy, shaggy-haired...

Credit: Image courtesy of MIPT Press Office Biologists and mathematicians from MIPT, Stony Brook University and other scientific research centres...

JAMA Oncology published two studies and a related editorial focused on long-term outcomes in survivors of childhood or young adult...

1. Low risk of international Zika virus spread due to Brazil Olympics Free content: http://www.annals.org/article.aspx?doi=10.7326/M16-1628 URL goes live when the...

Credit: J. D'Elia The existing genetic diversity of California Condors, all of which are descended from just 14 individuals, is...

Credit: Source: DOI:10.1038/nchembio.2319 In an age of booming biotechnology, it might be easy to forget how much we still rely...

Credit: Kramer et al. Check out these newsworthy studies from the October 5, 2016, issue of JNeurosci. Media interested in...

Maternal bone density decreases after childbirth, but only among women who lactate for at least four months. The lactation period...