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Credit: NIAID/NIH Ball lands in cup; cup triggers spring; spring clamps lever onto ball and holds it tight. That's a...

Credit: UoL Scientists at the University of Liverpool have discovered a new and important function of a toxin produced by...

Women are more likely to smoke during pregnancy if they live in areas with lots of shops selling cigarettes, a...

Scientists have made a major discovery that shines a new, explanatory light on the link between obesity and cancer. Their...

Credit: NASA/JPL Professor Frank Brenker, geophysicist at Goethe University has been working successfully with Professor Alexandor Kort for years. This...

Scientists at the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) have now found a cause for the frequent catastrophic events...

Pneumococci are the most common cause of respiratory tract infections, such as otitis and sinusitis, as well as of severe...

Credit: Som Energia Cooperativa The transition from fossil to renewable energy sources is a necessary condition for the sustainability of...

In the first large-scale analysis of cardiovascular complications linked to immune checkpoint inhibitors, Vanderbilt researchers have shown that heart and...

Restoring degraded forests is a critical strategy for addressing climate change given the potential for forests to store significant amounts...

A pioneering study analyses the photographs shared by citizens in social networks to evaluate the aesthetic consideration of natural landscapes....

Immune cells called Gamma Delta T cells can act independently to identify and kill cancer cells, defying the conventional view...

Credit: Charles Pignon, Marjorie Lundgren, Colin Osborne, and Stephen Long When temperatures drop, the enzyme Rubisco that fuels plant growth...

Credit: Insilico Medicine, Inc. Monday, November 12, 2018, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China - Insilico Taiwan, a Taipei-based subsidiary of...

Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON - For the first time, transplanting gut bacteria from healthy donors was used to...

Credit: Clemson University Clemson University bioengineers are launching a new research project to better understand cardiovascular disease in patients with...

Simple ovarian cysts are extremely common in women and do not require additional ultrasound surveillance or surgical removal, according to...

A National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant will allow Penn State's Martin Sliwinski and team to learn more about how...

Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Uncovering a novel mechanism that promotes growth of breast cancer bone metastasis has revealed a...

Credit: RUB, Marquard A new fabrication process for transparent ultra-thin silver films has been developed by researchers at Ruhr-Universität Bochum...