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Corresponding Author: Yasmin Hurd, PhD, Director of The Addiction Institute of Mount Sinai, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai,...

Credit: Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, Mass. - Adding to growing evidence that pesticide use may be contributing to the decline...

La Jolla, CA - Oct. 17, 2018 - Scientists at Scripps Research have successfully tested a potential new smoking-cessation treatment...

Credit: Dr. Fontanillas SAN DIEGO, Calif. - By combining data on individuals' lifetime sun exposure and their genetics, researchers can...

Credit: J. Tyner et al./ Nature 2018 After years of work, researchers are releasing a massive dataset detailing the molecular...

Credit: OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff PORTLAND, Oregon - After more than five years and 672 patient samples, an OHSU research team has...

Credit: Lauren D. Quinn, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - Somatic stem cells are microscopic workhorses, constantly regenerating cells throughout...

Credit: American Chemical Society Electric vehicles and most electronic devices, such as cell phones and laptop computers, are powered by...

Moss, one of the world's oldest plants, is surprisingly in tune with the atmosphere around it. Now in a study...

Scientists estimate that half a billion people in the world lack sufficient water to meet their daily needs, and that...

Credit: Swanson School of Engineering During graduate school at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in Pittsburgh, Warren Ruder wondered if it...

In the Mediterranean region, there are numerous UNESCO World Heritage Sites in low-lying coastal areas. These include, for example, the...

Human Evolution Beyond Biology and Culture: Evolutionary Social, Environmental and Policy Sciences (Cambridge University Press, October 2018) is a new...

Scientists have revealed the intricate process that bone cells use to repair themselves after mechanical injury, according to a study...

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, October 17, 2018--A new study presents a novel method of using...

The first detailed analysis of air pollution trends in China reveals a 20 per cent drop in concentrations of particulate...

Researchers have discovered a novel consequence of loss of the tumour protein p53 that promotes cancer development, according to new...

With scarce nutrients and weak gravity, growing potatoes on the Moon or on other planets seems unimaginable. But the plant...

Credit: University of Bristol A new statistical tool to help target resources following deadly natural disasters has been created by...

Despite the widespread application of zinc oxide nanoparticles in biomedicine, their use is still a controversial issue. Zinc oxide nanoparticles...