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Credit: Max Planck Institute for Ornithology New Haven, Conn. - The International Cooperation for Animal Research Using Space, or ICARUS,...

Credit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS - Prescriptions of opioids for chronic pain has increased dramatically since the 1990s in spite of...

Credit: NIAID WHAT: In the past 15 years, two outbreaks of severe respiratory disease were caused by coronaviruses transmitted from...

Two receptors in the spinal cord and the right experimental drug: Researchers at the University of Zurich have discovered a...

Most of us tend to think of sugar as a temptation that threatens our health. The reality is, however, that...

Credit: PHOTO CREDIT: Rob Cahill, UTHealth Scientists at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) have identified...

Improved compensation, expanded mentorship and training opportunities, and concrete measures to improve workforce diversity are all needed to address attrition...

Credit: Baylor College of Medicine About 422 million people around the world, including more than 30 million Americans, have diabetes....

Blood platelets are like the sand bags of the body. Got a cut? Platelets pile in to clog the hole...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Researchers have found a surprising new explanation of how young brains are shaped for sexual behavior later...

Credit: Douglas Levere, University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A class of proteins that has generated significant interest for its...

Credit: YU Shuhong Nature has provided us not only the fantastic materials, but also the inspiration for the design and...

Ecological surveys of biodiversity provide fundamental baseline information on species occurrence and the health of an ecosystem, but can require...

Credit: Campbell O. Webb Globally, biodiversity is concentrated around the equator, but the scientific institutions generating DNA sequence data to...

Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The dentate gyrus of the hippocampus is part of the brain that helps form memories....

(University of Konstanz) Collective behaviour and early career researcher Dr Ariana Strandburg-Peshkin begins her work as the first Gips-Schüle Junior...

BIDMC Research Briefs showcase groundbreaking scientific advances that are transforming medical care. Bacteria--especially Gram-negative strains--are becoming increasingly resistant to current...

MIT researchers are employing novel machine-learning techniques to improve the quality of life for patients by reducing toxic chemotherapy and...

Credit: © TU Wien They not only impress due to their radiant and intense colour, they also have an important...

Credit: Nigel Willby New research into the behaviour of an invasive plant seen on riverbanks across the UK could help...