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Crops and other plants are constantly faced with adverse environmental conditions, such as rising temperatures (2014 was the warmest year...

The brain is protected by a barrier of cells that tightly regulates the transport of substances into this organ in...

A compound found in common foods such as red grapes and peanuts may help prevent age-related decline in memory, according...

Neurons in the brain are wired like a social network, report researchers from Biozentrum, University of Basel. Each nerve cell...

A team of researchers, led by Samuel K. Sia, associate professor of biomedical engineering at Columbia Engineering, has developed a...

The discovery of a new “reset” button for the brain’s master biological clock could eventually lead to new treatments for...

The delivery of tiny biodegradable microstructures to heart tissue damaged by heart attack may help repair the tissue and prevent...

Inserting a specific strain of bacteria into the microenvironment of aggressive ovarian cancer transforms the behavior of tumor cells from...

Researchers have cracked a code that governs infections by a major group of viruses including the common cold and polio....

Eve, an artificially-intelligent 'robot scientist' could make drug discovery faster and much cheaper, say researchers writing in the Royal Society...

Magnetoception is a sense which allows bacteria, insects and even vertebrates like birds and sharks to detect magnetic fields for...

The thousands of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) molecules present in each cell are known primarily for their role converting food and...

MPs in Britain have voted for the use of controversial techniques to create babies from the DNA of three people....

By combining micro-imprinting and electro-spinning techniques, researchers at Shanghai University’s Rapid Manufacturing Engineering Center have developed a vascular graft composed...

A team of international scientists has discovered a new mechanism by which immune cells in the skin function act as...

No one had checked before, but RNA, the nucleic acid involved in many cell functions including protein synthesis, appears to...

The first results from a trial of a candidate Ebola vaccine at Oxford University suggest the vaccine has an acceptable...

In medical research, animal-based experiments have thus far been a necessary evil. Fraunhofer researchers have developed a highly promising alternative,...

Glue can be modified for optimal performance in different types of diseased tissue. After undergoing surgery to remove diseased sections...

Scientists have identified a biological clock that provides vital clues about how long a person is likely to live. Researchers...