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Forensic researchers at the University of Tennessee Knoxville’s famous Anthropological Research Facility, popularly known as the “Body Farm,” have made...

Ask just about any person in the University of Tennessee Extension family what they like about their job, and they...

Qixin Zhong, professor in the University of Tennessee Department of Food Science, has been named an Institute of Food Technologists...

An experimental malaria vaccine appears safe and promotes an immune response in African infants, one of the groups most vulnerable...

The skin, hair and eye color of more than eight billion humans is determined by the light-absorbing pigment known as...

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Maize roots secrete certain chemicals that affect the quality of soil. In some fields, this effect increases yields of wheat...

Energy in the 21st Century is a valuable source of information for students, decision makers, opinion leaders, and the general...

New York, NY —The best heart rate for burning fat differs for each individual and often does not align with...

URBANA, Ill. – Madagascar is one of the poorest countries in the world and access to health care is limited...

BEAUFORT, N.C. – Microscopic plastic particles have been found in the fats and lungs of two-thirds of the marine mammals...

Sodium, Potassium and zinc have all been promising contenders for lithium’s place in rechargeable batteries of the future, but researchers at...

A team led by Virginia Tech researchers has developed a new method for upcycling plastics into high-value chemicals known as...

A new analysis shows that infectious bacteria exposed to the antibiotic albicidin rapidly develop up to a 1,000-fold increase in...

A new study published in the journal Science finds that around 1.12 million years ago a massive cooling event in...

Plants orient their organs in response to the gravity vector, with roots growing towards gravity and shoots growing in the...

Physicians, psychologists, advanced practice providers, dietitians, and others who are committed to treating and preventing obesity in Louisiana have come...

For now, cyborgs exist only in fiction, but the concept is becoming more plausible as science progresses. And now, researchers...

Batavia, Ill., Aug. 10, 2023 – Physicists now have a brand-new measurement of a property of the muon called the...

A microscopy image created by National Institutes of Health researchers is part of the “Life Magnified” stamp panel issued today...