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Credit: S. V. Streltsov et al./PNAS Scientists from Russia and Germany shed light on the crystalline structure of calaverite, foretelling...

What prevents our cells from being overexposed to iron ions roaming freely in the body is a protein called lactoferrin,...

Credit: © Rijkswaterstaat / Joop Van Houdt. When Florence slogged ashore in North Carolina last week, coastal wetlands offered one...

Hookworms exploit a live fast/die young strategy in their South American fur seal pup hosts, report Morris Animal Foundation-funded researchers...

Credit: Tom Kleindinst/Marine Biological Laboratory WOODS HOLE, Mass.-- The mood-altering drug MDMA - which promotes positive, friendly social interactions in...

LA JOLLA--(September 20, 2018) Over the past several years, CRISPR-Cas9 has moved beyond the lab bench and into the public...

Credit: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Certain genes that code for proteins have long been known to contribute...

Less than one percent of the global population controls more than 50 percent of wealth. All over the world these...

Credit: Rajesh Puttaswamaiah Commonly known to predate on insects, praying mantises have occasionally been observed to feed on vertebrates, including...

Credit: RMIT University Australian researchers have designed a rapid nano-filter that can clean dirty water over 100 times faster than...

Credit: Christine Garcia © 2018 California Academy of Sciences SAN FRANCISCO (September 20, 2018) - Days after a fire tore...

Credit: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research Walter and Eliza Hall Institute researchers have made a surprise discovery...

The gorgonians are replacing scleractinian corals that are disappearing from marine ecosystems due to human impact and global climate change....

Credit: University of Cologne A team of researchers at the University of Cologne's Faculty of Medicine and the German Center...

Credit: Troels Skrydstrup The chemical element sulfur is an important constituent in many pharmaceuticals and, consequently, it is desirable to...

Credit: Filming by Bren Whelan, www.DonegalClimbing.ie, 2017 A collaborative team of marine biologists has discovered that basking sharks, hundreds of...

In past years, the demand for cobalt has been on the increase due to its many applications. For one thing,...

Credit: Alicia Said EU Fisheries Policy failures jeopardise sustainability of small scale fishing communities Traditional artisanal fishing has been harmed...

Women could enhance the development of their unborn child's eyesight and brain function by regularly eating fatty fish during pregnancy....

Credit: NASA/J. Yungel Targeted engineering projects to hold off glacier melting could slow down the collapse of ice sheets and...