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Researchers in the University of Kent have made significant strides towards understanding the genomes - and hence the biology -...

Credit: Courtesy of Jeff Shatford Researchers at Portland State University and Oregon State University looking at the aftermath of wildfires...

Credit: IPC PAS, Grzegorz Krzyzewski A fragment of a single strand of DNA, built of the nucleobases cytosine and guanine,...

Researchers from VIB and KU Leuven uncovered a key vulnerability of melanoma. While studying the role of the melanoma-specific long...

Credit: (Graphics: Heera Lee, KIT) Every day, users upload millions of photos on platforms, such as Flickr, Instagram or Facebook....

Credit: KU News Service LAWRENCE -- Millions of people around the world inhabit urban spaces shaped by public squares, parks,...

Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL NASA's Aqua satellite passed over the North Atlantic Ocean and gathered temperature data on Hurricane Oscar. The...

Credit: Credit: Colorado State/Natalie Tourville NASA's CloudSat satellite captured a stunning image of Typhoon Yutu as it passed over the...

Children learn language by observing their environment, listening to the people around them, and connecting the dots between what they...

Credit: Navid P. Gandji High-resolution magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machines can work better by changing the structure of radio probes...

Credit: Chris Richards Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is a rare cancer of the skeletal muscle that primarily affects pediatric patients. After diagnosis,...

Credit: Estonian University of Life Sciences Due to its biodiversity and probably huge number of taxa waiting to be discovered,...

Credit: Greta Rybus Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences announced receipt of a $6 million National Science Foundation grant today that...

Credit: IMPRESSIONS With climate change becoming an increasingly hot topic globally, the EU-funded project IMPRESSIONS launches a new online resource...

Autumn is the season for falling leaves, pumpkin-spice-flavored everything and apple cider. Yet new research indicates that, in addition to...

Sometimes nothing feels better on stiff, aching joints than a little heat. But many heating pads and wraps are rigid...

About 10 percent of women worldwide suffer from endometriosis, a painful and debilitating disease with inadequate treatments. Currently, doctors don't...

When Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico on September 20, 2017, the storm devastated the island's electrical grid, leaving many people...

Ground-breaking US geneticist, Trudy Mackay, will tomorrow (Thursday November 1) be honoured with the prestigious 2018 Dawson Prize in Genetics...

Credit: ©Jessica Cornils/Vetmeduni Vienna Edible dormice are extremely long-lived for their size thanks to their seasonal dormancy. The animals are...