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New research, led by the University of Southampton, suggests that the release of methane from the seafloor was much slower...

Credit: Stellenbosch University The restoration of fynbos is possible in areas where pines used to grow for up to 30...

Credit: Huiting Zhang Sneaky parasitic weeds may be able to steal genes from the plants they are attacking and then...

A research team at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University leveraged its organ-on-a-chip technology to develop...

Credit: Gu Lab/Harvard Medical School Already extolled for their health benefits as a food compound, omega-3 fatty acids now appear...

Stefan Jansson, a professor at Umeå University in northern Sweden has been appointed 2015 Forest Biotechnologist of the Year by...

Credit: Johns Hopkins Medicine In what is believed to be the first proof-of-concept study of its kind, Johns Hopkins researchers...

Credit: Cho, Y., Gorina, S., Jeffrey, P.D., Pavletich, N.P.; Astrojan. Before a malignant tumor is developed, the immune system tries...

Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Feb. 12, 2018) – Scientists have developed a way to identify...

IMAGE: On the left are fluorescence-labeled cells with nanoparticles: The cellular nuclei are shown in blue, the fluorescence labeling is...

Dr. Lars Eisen and Marc Dolan of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have reviewed decades of scientific...

Credit: Zhou et al./ Nature 2017 An intricate new three-dimensional protein structure is providing a detailed look into how brain...

Credit: WASHINGTON — Mankind has long been peering into the depths of the sea. From finding fish to avoiding rocks,...

James R. Downing, M.D., St. Jude Children's Research Hospital president and chief executive officer, has been elected to the American...

Credit: The Dartmouth Institute Do wealthier people receive too much medical care? In a Perspective article recently published in the...

Credit: Cancer Research Two different proteins work separately as well as synergistically to feed a small pool of stem cells...

Credit: American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology Philadelphia, PA, and Hoboken, NJ, January 3, 2018 – While ultrasound imaging is...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – More than 40 percent of older patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) can remain in long-term cancer...

CLEVELAND, Ohio (July 19, 2017) It’s no secret that the risk of depression increases for women when their hormones are...

Credit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS – In the first study to compare the results of cognitive training by body mass index...