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Credit: (US Army Photo) A U.S. Army Research Laboratory scientist has collaborated with a team of researchers from the University...

Hundreds of everyday household items, from laptop computers to babies' high chairs, contain flame retardants to prevent the objects from...

Credit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS -- A partnership between Indiana University School of Medicine and the Regenstrief Institute is one of...

In the wake of media and public reports about increased mortality linked to a new drug for treating Parkinson's disease...

AUSTIN, Texas -- With rising demand and dwindling supply, water is perhaps Earth's most critical natural resource. One way to...

Uncultured microbes--those whose characteristics have never been described because they have not yet been grown in a lab culture--could be...

Credit: Carrie Rosema Recently, a research team led by Maurizio Pellecchia at the University of California, Riverside, discovered a way...

Credit: Real Pickles, Valley Lightworks AMHERST, Mass. - University of Massachusetts Amherst food scientists have mapped and characterized microbial populations...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $218 million in funding for 85 research awards in the important emerging field...

Credit: Brad Glorioso/US Geologic Survey While a warming climate in recent decades may be a factor in the waning of...

Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(September 25, 2018) Salk Associate Professor Tatyana Sharpee, a member of the Computational Neurobiology Laboratory, has...

New research shows that the body's own microbes are effective in maintaining immune cells and killing certain oral infections. A...

Credit: Bo Blinski Master Honu When a sea turtle turns up dead on the beach, it often makes the news,...

New research finds that 500 years of over-exploitation has halved mammal populations in South America's once majestic Atlantic Forest. A...

Credit: University of Delaware Two chemical engineers at the University of Delaware are developing new, better ways to produce fuels...

Credit: Feng Jiao A team of researchers at the University of Delaware's Center for Catalytic Science and Technology (CCST) has...

Credit: Ali Akherati. MISSOULA - Most aircraft slicing through the smoke above wildfires either drop water or smokejumpers in an...

Credit: Yan Wang, UChicago Octopuses are the undisputed darlings of the science internet, and for good reason. They're incredibly intelligent...

PHOENIX, Ariz. -- Sept. 25, 2018 -- Diabetes is an increasing global epidemic that is expected to grow by more...

Credit: National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health. The All of Us Research Program awarded funds totaling $28.6...