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A study published today in the International Journal of Health Services finds that immigrants use far less health care than...

Compounds in ‘monster’ radish could help tame cardiovascular disease

Step aside carrots, onions and broccoli. The newest heart-healthy vegetable could be a gigantic, record-setting radish. In a study appearing...

Hybridization boosts evolution

Credit: Wolfgang Gessl Animals that have either migrated to or been introduced in Central Europe - such as the Asian...

Genetic mutations of appendix cancer identified, may impact treatment

The rarity of appendix cancer, accounting for less than 1 percent of tumors that originate in the gastrointestinal tract, and...

INL wins two FLC Far West Regional Awards

Credit: Federal Laboratory Consortium Idaho National Laboratory has been honored with two Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) Awards in 2018 in...

A scientific dating game: biologists play RNA-protein matchmakers

Virtually all functions in our bodies require precise interactions between radically different types of molecules. The vast majority of the...

Those fragrances you enjoy? Dinosaurs liked them first

CORVALLIS, Ore. - The compounds behind the perfumes and colognes you enjoy have been eliciting olfactory excitement since dinosaurs walked...

Penn Medicine immunologist receives early career honor from Burroughs Wellcome Fund

PHILADELPHIA--Jorge Henao-Mejia, MD, PhD, an assistant professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine in the Perelman School of Medicine at the...

Genetic ‘toolkit’ helps periwinkles gain advantage on the seashore

Credit: University of Sheffield Periwinkles, struggling to survive the seashore battleground, have developed a genetic 'toolkit' to help them adapt...

Mojave Desert birds crashed over the last century due to climate change

Credit: Chelsea Hofmeier photos Bird communities in the Mojave Desert straddling the California/Nevada border have collapsed over the past 100...

Top-performing soil microbes could be key to sustainable agriculture

Credit: UC Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Beautiful things can happen when plants surround themselves with the right microbes. A study...

California’s Mendocino complex of fires now largest in state’s history

Credit: NASA image courtesy of the NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS) project. Caption by...

Oregon has its share of fire storms

NASA's Aqua satellite captured the image of the fires and smoke blowing from them on August 06, 2018 with the...

Capturing elephants from the wild shortens their lives

Credit: Virpi Lummaa The study shows that even years after capture, the mortality rate of wild-caught elephants remains increased, and...

Iron-silica particles unlock part of the mystery of Earth’s oxygenation

The oxygenation of Earth's atmosphere was thanks, in part, to iron and silica particles in ancient seawater, according to a...

Safeguarding compliance with new vehicle emissions legislation

The JRC assists other services of the European Commission in preparing the groundwork for the entry into force of the...

Predicting genomic instability that can lead to disease

Credit: Baylor College of Medicine They are the most common repeated elements in the human genome; more than a million...

The Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana receives environmental offsets from the ESA