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Credit: UZH There have been several mass extinctions in the history of the earth. One of the largest known disasters...

The olive was one of the first trees to be domesticated in the history of mankind, probably some 6,000 years...

For years doctors have been advising patients with lupus not to get pregnant. It was assumed that the likelihood of...

Credit: Nobumichi Tamura Baleen whales are amongst the largest animals to have ever lived and yet very little is known...

Credit: Thomas Marler When plant species are threatened to the point that they reach a designation of Critically Endangered, sustaining...

Credit: CeMM/Simona Saluzzo (Vienna, February 21, 2017) The lung is an important interface between the body and the outside environment:...

IMAGE: This barn swallow has been fitted with a geolocator, a device that will record its movements as it migrates...

Credit: Ben Noffke and Richard Schaugaard, Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — An international team of scientists led by Liang-shi Li...

Credit: Julie Larsen Maher/WCS NEW YORK (January 18, 2018) – An international review led by the University of Queensland and...

Credit: Kansas State University MANHATTAN, KANSAS — The American Association for the Advancement of Science is honoring Vara Prasad, Kansas...

Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Oct. 9, 2017) – In oxygen-compromising conditions like diabetes, the body...

Credit: DGIST A DGIST research team led by Professor Su-Il In, who developed acupuncture needles combined with nanotechnology, was recognized...

Protein biomarkers are used to test for cancer before and after surgeries to remove tumors. To test thyroid malignancy, many...

Credit: UVA Health System The human genome is far more complex than thought, with genes functioning in an unexpected fashion...

Credit: Neil Paprocki, HawkWatch International Bird species' distributions and migratory behavior are shifting in response to changes in climate and...

Science can flourish when experts disagree, but in the governmental realm uncertainty can lead to inadequate policy and preparedness. When...

Credit: Joseph Xu/Senior Multimedia Content Producer, University of Michigan – College of Engineering ARLINGTON, Va.–Traditional leg prosthetics enable amputees to...

Researchers at The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, in collaboration with Arbutus Biopharma Corporation, have protected nonhuman primates...

Credit: Steven Lee/Whitehead Institute Cambridge, MA. (Nov. 27) – A research team led by Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research has...

Credit: Jane Ogilvie TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — New research from a team of Florida State University scientists and their collaborators is...