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Credit: C. Heinis/EPFL Peptides are biological molecules, made up of short sequences of amino acids. Because they are easy to...

Credit: Martin Kaltenpoth, Johannes Gutenberg University (JGU), Mainz; Germany The discovery of penicillin about 90 years ago and the widespread...

Credit: (c)Thomas Breuer/WCS Scientists working for the Wildlife Conservation Society, the University of Stirling, and the Amboseli Trust for Elephants...

Credit: Jim Melvin / Clemson University CLEMSON, South Carolina — Clemson University scientist David Feliciano recently received a three-year, $442,000...

Aedes mosquitoes carrying the bacterium Wolbachia–found inside the cells of 60 percent of all insect species–are drastically less able to...

Credit: Klaus Polkowski Dr. Matthias Meier's work is dedicated to creating chip technologies for cultivation and analysis of human stem...

Credit: Photo by Steph Adams CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Chemical compounds called cannabinoids are found in marijuana and also are produced...

Credit: The State Library of Victoria Long-term weather data is the backbone of almost all research into climate change and...

Credit: Charles LeDuc/Columbia University Medical Center NEW YORK, NY (November 23, 2016)–Columbia University has awarded the 2016 Naomi Berrie Award...

Credit: The Scripps Research Institute JUPITER, FL – October 13, 2017 – Using advanced mass spectrometry technology, scientists from the...

PHILADELPHIA (March 31, 2016) – New research from the Monell Center reveals that olfactory marker protein (OMP), a molecule found...

Credit: Casey Holliday COLUMBIA, Mo. – The skulls of alligators protect their brains, eyes and sense organs while producing some...

Credit: ATS Nov. 15, 2017 — The American Thoracic Society (ATS) and the Japanese Respiratory Society (JRS) have published additional...

Credit: University of Sussex A new study into the effects of chronic physical illness in children on their life-long mental...

Credit: OHSU Every person has a distinct pattern of functional brain connectivity known as a connectotype, or brain fingerprint. A...

Credit: Miles M. Aron, courtesy of BUBBL, University of Oxford, England WASHINGTON, D.C., June 25, 2017 — Your brain is...

Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS – Oct.24, 2016 – Carol White can't help but worry when she misplaces keys or can't...

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – The Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine has launched its first scholarly medical journal. The...

Credit: © International Osteoporosis Foundation October 10, 2016 – Nyon, Switzerland – Approximately 80% of those who have already suffered...

Scientists from Harvard Medical School have identified a key instigator of nerve cell damage in people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis,...