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In the competition between brand name pharmaceuticals and their generic counterparts, drug companies use patent gamesmanship to their advantage, one...

Gamma-ray bursts are the most luminous explosions in the universe, allowing astrologists to observe intense gamma rays in short durations....

Researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) in New York have discovered that common cancer treatments, such as radiotherapy...

A state-of-the-art facility which could play a critical role in the global offshore renewable energy and clean maritime sectors has...

Amsterdam, December 16 2022 – The Journal of Parkinson’s Disease and its publisher IOS Press are proud to announce the...

The National Science Foundation has awarded emergency funding to archaeologists at three institutions to survey cultural heritage sites damaged by...

Press Release // Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (Leibniz-IZW) Berlin, Germany, December 19, 2022Credit: Hoener OP/Leibniz-IZW Press Release...

Predation can lead to the evolution of defensive devices in prey animals. Genitalia, which are used for mating between males...

Female bees and wasps use modified ovipositors, formerly used in egg laying, to sting their attackers, including people. Now, a...

– Stephen OrnesCredit: Marilyn Sargent/Berkeley Lab – Stephen Ornes The Donnan electric potential arises from an imbalance of charges at...

Today’s marine giants—such as blue and humpback whales—routinely make massive migrations across the ocean to breed and give birth in...

Osaka, Japan – Can’t sleep when your partner is on his or her smartphone? This may not be oversensitivity on...

Osaka, Japan – perceptions of the causes of illness vary widely across the global population. But now, researchers from Japan...

AMES, IA – A new study from Iowa State indicates more education increases entrepreneurship in the U.S., especially for women.Credit:...

A team of scientists has uncovered the physical principles—a series of forces and hydrodynamic flows—that help ensure the proper functioning...

Water has puzzled scientists for decades. For the last 30 years or so, they have theorized that when cooled down...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Cryo-electron microscopy by University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers has exposed the structure of a bacterial virus...

Avoiding mosquitoes to protect against bites is always a good idea. But a new North Carolina State University study shows...

For decades physicists have been hunting for a quantum-gravity model that would unify quantum physics, the laws that govern the...

Genoa (Italy), 16th December 2022 – Researchers at Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT – Italian Institute of Technology) has recently...