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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- How did a single species of rodent invade South America and then quickly branch off into 350...

Credit: Melanie Laverdiere/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US Dept. of Energy OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Oct. 3, 2018--As hurricanes barrel toward the...

Credit: Nuno Agostinho, iMM. A new computational approach that allows the identification of molecular alterations associated with prognosis and resistance...

Credit: Graziella DiRenzo Amphibian biologists from around the world watched in horror in 2004, as the frogs of El Copé,...

After suffering mass mortality for years due to infection with the deadly Batrachochytrium dendrobatridis fungus, or chytrid, some frog populations...

Credit: Myall Tarran Leaf fossils discovered high in Australia's Snowy Mountains have revealed a past history of warmer rainforest vegetation...

For the first time, locations on the human genome have been identified that can explain differences in meaning in life...

Credit: NC State University For many of us, bumper crops of zucchinis and cucumbers conjure up the sweltering days of...

Nematodes, also known as roundworms, are one of the most numerous animal species on earth. As simple as they seem,...

Credit: American Chemical Society The display screens of modern televisions, cell phones and computer monitors rely on liquid crystals -...

(Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History) Knowledge of the diet of people living in the prehistoric settlement...

The human arm can perform a wide range of extremely delicate and coordinated movements, from turning a key in a...

Credit: Courtesy of Olivier De Clerck Sea lettuce, a fast-growing seaweed that spawns massive "green tides," is a prolific thief,...

Credit: Johan Bodell/Chalmers University of Technology A research group from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, has made great, rapid strides...

CLEVELAND - (October 3, 2018) - Advances are regularly being made in cancer genetics. But, if patients aren't screened and...

A new Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics study has investigated how the recent proliferation of the gluten-free industry has...

In an analysis of 112 records from 30 physical therapy (PT) sites regarding care for patients who had undergone total...

Previous studies on the association between blood levels of vitamin D and survival have come from high-income countries. A new...

In a Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research article, world-leading experts identify emerging frontiers in skin cancer and pigment diseases. Melanoma...

Credit: Craig Chandler Is biofortification the best thing since sliced bread? Well, biofortified wheat could certainly make it easier to...