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Credit: RIKEN Spiders produce amazingly strong and lightweight threads called draglines that are made from silk proteins. Although they can...

Study identifies rapidly dividing cancer stem cells that can respond to new therapiesCredit: The Neuro Brain cancers have long been...

Credit: CNIO Science is collaborative by nature, since scientific knowledge only advances, step by step, through combined efforts and findings....

PortionSize promises an affordable method to measure how much users eatCredit: John Apolzan, Corby Martin A new smartphone app promises...

Stay-at-home parents, cleaners, blue-collar workers more likely to develop osteoarthritisCredit: Institute of Bone and Joint Research, University of Sydney Knee...

Credit: Karen Vaughan When it comes to soils, proper identification is key. Identification allows scientists to determine the story behind...

Credit: ©Science China Press Climate change and increased urban population are two major concerns for society. Moving towards more sustainable...

Credit: Oxford University Press Every human being has the right to health and new initiatives should be put in place...

Credit: Hans Bisgaard New research found that, compared with a father's traits related to allergies and asthma, a mother's traits...

Credit: Photo courtesy: NOAA/National Marine Sanctuaries A newly-identified, fast-growing species of algae poses a major threat to coral reefs and...

Credit: Brian Engh, commissioned by The Saint George Dinosaur Discovery Site. From movies to museum exhibits, the dinosaur Dilophosaurus is...

Fralin Biomedical Research Institute scientist earns $2.8 million grant to study cerebrovascular changes during healthy and Alzheimer's agingCredit: Virginia Tech...

Credit: Skoltech Skoltech scientists conducted a study of milk lipids and described the unique features of human breast milk as...

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital launches an innovative project to support the emotional needs of...

University of Cincinnati researchers say a strain of E. coli may offer protections against its more malevolent cousinsCredit: Colleen Kelley/University...

New assessment provides path forward to manage increased risks of violence from climate changeCredit: Oxfam MIAMI--Climate change--from rising temperatures and...

Credit: Nicole Aponte-Santiago/MIT Picower Institute A new study by MIT neuroscientists into how seemingly similar neuronal subtypes drive locomotion in...

As increasing areas of the Amazonian rainforest are converted into agricultural land, scientists are examining how this is linked with...

Pollutant-destroying properties surprise Rice engineer: 'It's not supposed to work'Credit: Image courtesy of M. Wong/Rice University HOUSTON -- (July 7,...

Credit: West Virginia University A new space race is underway throughout the globe and the renewed interest in space exploration...