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Most human diseases can be traced to malfunctioning parts of a cell — a tumor is able to grow because...

A multi-institutional team of investigators led by bioengineer Ankur Singh has developed research tools that shed new light on a virtually untreatable...

Immune cells play a key role in mediating inflammatory responses. Dysregulation in signaling mechanisms that operate across immune cells can...

The International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) is the world’s largest non-governmental organization dedicated to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of osteoporosis,...

Researchers in Japan have designed the first bottom-up designed peptides, comprising chains of amino acids, that can form artificial nanopores...

BAR HARBOR, MAINE – In new research, Aric N. Rogers, Ph.D., who studies the cellular and molecular mechanisms of aging at the MDI Biological...

If the petrochemical industry is ever to wean itself off oil and gas, it has to find sustainably-sourced chemicals that...

For a fungus, the right “accessories” can make or break a relationship with a plant Credit: APS For a fungus,...

A scientific expedition in the Javari River basin on the border between Brazil, Colombia and Peru has shown use of...

LOS ALAMOS, N.M., November 23, 2021—In California’s Sierra Nevada, western pine beetle infestations amped up by global warming were found...

The National Human Genome Research Institute has funded a multi-institutional Center of Excellence in Genome Sciences (CEGS), based at Weill Cornell...

In humans, the dopamine system has been tied to rewards and pleasurable sensations. As well as to memory and learning....

A group led by researchers affiliated with the Phycology Laboratory at the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar) in the...

Christchurch, November 23, 2021 – The mammalian brain houses a complex network of structures that support memory, and a small...

To address the growing threat of cyberattacks on industrial control systems, a KAUST team including Fouzi Harrou, Wu Wang and...

WASHINGTON, November 23, 2021 -- The perception of gender in children's voices is of special interest to researchers, because voices...

An Austrian-Swiss research team was able to find a previously unknown glacial relic in the Alps, the Alpine rose leaf-miner...

Since the detection of the first Sars-Cov-2 infection cases in November 2019, more than 250 million people worldwide have been...

Reston, VA—A new type of peptide receptor radionuclide therapy (PRRT) has been shown to control disease in 85 percent of...

Mice fed a diet high in fat, cholesterol and calories, akin to the Western diet, had higher measures of blood...