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In addition to essential metabolic functions, the level of zinc in the body also affects the heart muscle. When oxidative...

Banning transshipment at-sea -- the transfer of fish and supplies from one vessel to another in open waters--is necessary to...

Credit: Nasim Motalebi The structural properties of proteins that could eventually become important materials for manufacturing and medicine are revealed...

Credit: Jay Zarnetske. WASHINGTON, DC -- Climate change is causing thick ice deposits that form along Arctic rivers to melt...

Credit: Jacobs School/UC San Diego A partnership between computer scientists at the University of California San Diego and Google has...

PITTSBURGH--New research from Carnegie Mellon University's College of Engineering and the University of Pittsburgh reveals that motor cortical neurons optimally...

House finches that frequent North American cities and towns are better at solving new problems than their rural counterparts. They...

DUARTE, Calif. -- Through experimental work, an international team of researchers led by City of Hope's Defu Zeng, professor of...

Credit: APS The American Physiological Society (APS) has announced the recipients of its 2017 distinguished lecturer awards. APS is pleased...

A new study by Yusheng Feng, professor of mechanical engineering at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), describes...

Credit: Kobe University Photosynthesis requires a mechanism to produce large amounts of chemical energy without losing the oxidative power needed...

One of the most common combined oral contraceptive pills has a negative impact on women's quality of life but does...

The University of Manchester is part of a new consortium which will develop new CT and MRI scan techniques and...

Credit: Karl Vogel | University of Nebraska-Lincoln Engineering One of the biggest problems with computers, dating to the invention of...

For such small and delicate creatures, they can pack mighty painful stings. Known as clinging jellyfish because they attach themselves...

Credit: Michigan Technological University For the second year in a row, the Isle Royale wolf population remains a mere two....

Young adults get more pleasure from smoking cigarettes while they are drinking alcohol than they do while using marijuana, according...

Saturated fat is a prime suspect in the onset of osteoarthritis after QUT scientists found it changed the composition of...

Credit: Image provided by Dr. Katherine Gentry Birds sing differently in response to traffic noise, which potentially affects their ability...

The commonly used antibiotic azithromycin is not linked to an increased risk of ventricular arrhythmia, an often life-threatening rapid, irregular...