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Our bodies, with all their different features and variations, are the result of well-orchestrated processes that dictate what and how...

Credit: Photos provided by Doug Mahoney's lab Immunotherapy is an emerging field in the global fight against cancer, even though...

Credit: Osaka University (Osaka, Japan) Huntington's disease, cystic fibrosis, and muscular dystrophy are all diseases that can be traced to...

An herb widely used in traditional Chinese medicine might hold the key to a new osteoporosis therapy that could prevent...

Although common opinion holds that exposure to pesticides increases adverse birth outcomes, the existing body of scientific evidence is ambiguous....

Credit: UC Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif. (http://www.ucr.edu) -- Two species of songbirds that once made a home in the Bahamas likely...

Credit: Osaka University (Osaka, Japan) DNA is the computer code that programs every event in the body. Despite the importance...

Credit: M. Axelsson/Azote for Stockholm Resilience Centre Professor Carl Folke has been awarded the 2017 Gunnerus Award in Sustainability Science...

India is a second largest producer of leather, and being so, leather production and dyeing significantly contribute to pollution of...

Researchers at the US Environmental Protection Agency and the University of Minnesota - Crookston marked a significant milestone in the...

Credit: MIPT's Press Office A team of scientists from Russia and Canada has analyzed the effect of space conditions on...

Credit: Jaren Wilkey/BYU Brigham Young University researchers have created a miniaturized, portable version of a tool now capable of analyzing...

Credit: Dr Resia Pretorius, Stellenbosch University Bacteria may be responsible for more than we suspect. Especially when it comes to...

Doping is remarkably widespread among elite athletes, and remains largely unchecked despite the use of sophisticated biological testing methods. This...

Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - Using a combination of computational and experimental techniques, a research team at the University...

Credit: Colin Lickwar DURHAM, N.C. -- Scientists have discovered a network of genes and genetic regulatory elements in the lining...

Credit: Brendan B. Larsen, Elizabeth C. Miller, Matthew K. Rhodes, and John J. Wiens Anyone who has studied biology, watched...

Credit: Alfred-Wegener-Institut / Maciej Telesinski Temperatures in the Arctic are currently climbing two to three times faster than the global...

Credit: Emily Hartop For nearly 30 years, Dr. Brian Brown knew about a mysterious unidentified phorid fly species, whose females...

Credit: US National Park Service, Public Domain WASHINGTON, D.C., August, 29, 2017 -- Northern China's roadsides are peppered with deciduous...