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Studying mice, scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a neural circuit and a neuropeptide...

A new analysis of data from the Veterans Affairs Million Veteran Program has uncovered genetic links between COVID-19 severity and...

SAN ANTONIO — April 28, 2022 — Southwest Research Institute’s Dr. Hal Levison has been awarded the 2022 Dirk Brouwer...

Modern day Patagonian sheepdogs are the closest living relative to now-extinct varieties of herding dogs of Victorian era Britain, according...

Researchers using advanced recording technology have identified how individual songs in amphibian choruses may influence mating, according to a Dartmouth...

“What can physics offer biology?” This was how Alison Patteson, assistant professor in the College of Arts and Sciences' physics department...

Artificial upcycling of carbon dioxide (CO2) into value-added products in a sustainable manner represents an opportunity to tackle environmental issues...

Researchers at Tufts University School of Medicine have discovered a previously unknown function performed by a type of cell that comprises nearly...

Examining a range of research from studies in laboratory animals to epidemiological research in human populations gives scientists a clearer...

WASHINGTON — Researchers have developed a new way to apply antireflective (AR) coatings to 3D printed multi-lens systems as small...

In the past decade, advances in synthetic biology paved the way toward the sustainable synthesis of complex natural products.Credit: DICP...

Sleep deprivation, which means getting too little high-quality sleep, is a serious health problem. More than one-third of people in...

HANOVER, N.H. – April 28, 2022 – When magnetic field lines of opposite directions merge, they create explosions that can...

A Canadian research team highlights placental sensitivity to such environmental contaminants during pregnancy.Credit: INRS A Canadian research team highlights placental...

A study published this month in the New England Journal of Medicine proves through a large clinical trial that treating high blood pressure—even...

A few years ago, when Carnegie Mellon University design researcher Christina Harrington was still making home visits for her research,...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The first study of leaf fossils conducted in the nation of Brunei on the island of...

Artificial lighting accounts for one-fifth of global electricity consumption, and developing efficient and stable luminescence materials is critical to avoid...

UPTON, NY—Minfang Yeh, a senior scientist at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory, has won the American Physical...

Proteins may be the most important and varied biomolecules within living systems. These strings of amino acids, assuming complex 3-dimensional...