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Being able to recapitulate in a dish what human embryos normally do hidden within the womb opens avenues for improving...

Scientists at the University of Southampton have discovered that two intense periods of volcanism triggered a period of global cooling...

A genetically encoded “live-cell” probe designed by researchers from Tokyo Tech has been able to identify phosphorylated Ser2 in the...

For more than a decade, fertilizer leaching and associated stormwater runoff were thought to be the major drivers of harmful...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECredit: Photo courtesy of Emmanouil Tampakakis FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Human heart muscle cells cease to multiply after birth,...

Italy is not exactly renown for dinosaurs. In comparison to its excellent artistic and archaeological heritage, dinosaur fossils are very...

Skokie, IL – Abstracts open today for the ISSCR 2022 Annual Meeting, the most comprehensive gathering of scientists in stem cell...

If sperm can’t swim, life can’t go on. And a new study suggests that when evolution hit upon an effective...

Scientists now have a deeper understanding of how a fungus develops a symbiotic lifestyle inside grass leaf and why the...

SAN ANTONIO (December 1, 2021) – A new study from Texas Biomedical Research Institute (Texas Biomed) and collaborators has identified a...

Patients with heart failure often have shortness of breath and become fatigued quickly. They frequently suffer from water retention, heart...

The risk of developing cardiovascular disease is strongly associated with the “bad” LDL cholesterol. A large study by scientists at...

Embargoed until Wednesday 1st December 2021 at 2 pm U.S. Eastern Time (EST), Thursday 2nd December at 6 am Australian...

CORVALLIS, Ore. – New Oregon State University research shows that warm-water habitats can be critically important for the survival of...

CHICAGO – COVID-19 of mild to moderate severity in pregnant women appears to have no effect on the brain of...

Tens of thousands of illegal human settlements pose a real threat to the continued existence of an endangered elephant population,...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Twenty years ago, clinicians first attempted to regenerate a failing human heart by injecting muscle myoblasts into...

Credit: Douglas Blackiston and Sam Kriegman Journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences DOI 10.1073/pnas.2112672118 Method of Research Experimental...

Emerging viruses can adversely affect women's health, leading to an increase in both complications and deaths during pregnancy, childbirth and...

Using a new microspectroscopic technique, collaborating scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Nanjing University in China have found...