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Credit: Photo courtesy of Carolina Tiger Rescue DURHAM, N.C. — The bearcat. The binturong. Whatever you call this shy, shaggy-haired...

Credit: Image courtesy of MIPT Press Office Biologists and mathematicians from MIPT, Stony Brook University and other scientific research centres...

JAMA Oncology published two studies and a related editorial focused on long-term outcomes in survivors of childhood or young adult...

1. Low risk of international Zika virus spread due to Brazil Olympics Free content: http://www.annals.org/article.aspx?doi=10.7326/M16-1628 URL goes live when the...

Credit: J. D'Elia The existing genetic diversity of California Condors, all of which are descended from just 14 individuals, is...

Credit: Source: DOI:10.1038/nchembio.2319 In an age of booming biotechnology, it might be easy to forget how much we still rely...

Credit: Kramer et al. Check out these newsworthy studies from the October 5, 2016, issue of JNeurosci. Media interested in...

Maternal bone density decreases after childbirth, but only among women who lactate for at least four months. The lactation period...

Credit: (C) 2016, The Health in Aging Foundation Palliative care is treatment–such as medication, nutritional support, or massage–that helps you...

Credit: ViiV Healthcare The first large-scale clinical trial of a long-acting injectable medication for HIV prevention in sexually active women...

EAST LANSING, Mich. – Proteins are the workhorses of life, mediating almost all biological events in every life form. Scientists...

Credit: UBC Dairy cows housed indoors want to break curfew and roam free, suggests new research from the University of...

Credit: Sandra Tavares, IGC. A study published now on Nature Communications* shows that breast cancer cells undergo a stiffening state...

Credit: Hirano M. et al., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Aug. 28,...

LA JOLLA–Scientists have, for the first time, characterized the molecular markers that make the brain’s front lines of immune defense–cells...

Timing is everything when it comes to the development of the vertebrate face. In a new study published in PLoS...

Credit: Rob Robbins/US Antarctic Program Some Antarctic fish living in the planet's coldest waters are able to cope with the...

Credit: Daniel Miller When estimating portion size, we may be more influenced by food images on the packaging than by...

Credit: Brigham and Women's Hospital Investigators from Brigham and Women's Hospital today announced results of a clinical trial culminating from...

Credit: IDIBELL Researchers at the Institute of Biomedical Research of Bellvitge (IDIBELL), led by Dr. Eva Gonzalez-Suarez, have shown that...