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Credit: Copyright D. Johnson/VIMS. Just in time for Halloween, a new study reveals that pumpkin-colored zombies may be running rampant...

Credit: Courtesy of Ai et al. Neurons that enable honeybees to sense the waggle dance -- a form of symbolic...

"How many different cell types are there in a human body? And how do these differences develop? Nobody really knows,"...

Credit: Emory Alzheimer's Disease Research Center Removal of a regulatory gene called LSD1 in adult mice induces changes in gene...

Credit: Ning Qian/Columbia's Zuckerman Institute NEW YORK -- Scientists at Columbia's Zuckerman Institute have contributed to solving a paradox of...

Credit: NIAID, Flickr, CC BY Researchers successfully built a gene drive to reduce female fertility in the mosquito that spreads...

Credit: D'Or Institute for Research and Education (IDOR) A Brazilian study, published in Scientific Reports on October 09, 2017, has...

Credit: NASA Rutgers scientists have found an efficient way to enhance the nutritional value of corn - the world's largest...

New research identifies four factors that help women ex-convicts avoid committing crimes, offering insights that can be used to help...

Pursuing sustainable irrigation without significant irrigation efficiency gains could negatively impact environmental and development goals in many areas of the...

Credit: (c) Carl Fuldner and Shane DuBay, The University of Chicago and The Field Museum Horned Larks are cute little...

October 2017. Learning and memory are two important functions of the brain that are based on the brain's plasticity. Scientists...

Credit: No attribution required. A University of Vermont-led study of 300,000 children in 35 nations says kids whose watersheds have...

It is an evolutionary riddle that has long puzzled scientists ... now the quest to find out why we live...

Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an autoimmune disease that develops when the immune system attacks beta cells in the pancreas....

Credit: Rice University/UTHealth HOUSTON - (Oct. 9, 2017) - The ability to track the movements of single molecules has revealed...

Credit: NTU Singapore A robot masseuse has started work in Singapore today. Named Emma, short for Expert Manipulative Massage Automation,...

As invasive species are threatening ecological habitats throughout the U.S. and Canada, the role of Indigenous nations as environmental stewards...

Researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP), in Brazil, are testing a technique in mice that combines low-intensity electric...

DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. - October 6, 2017 - The October issue of GIE: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy features several new studies evaluating...