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Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, October 16, 2017--Researchers have developed a novel reagent capable of detecting...

Credit: Ira Schieren/Columbia's Zuckerman Institute Scientists at Columbia's Zuckerman Institute today received a grant from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI)...

Credit: The Scripps Research Institute LA JOLLA, CA - Oct. 16, 2017 - Benjamin Cravatt, professor and co-chair of the...

Researchers have identified a region of the genome that regulates vitamin D activation in the kidneys, opening the door for...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- The desalination industry, a critical source of potable water in many arid regions, generated more than $13...

The blue whale is the largest animal known ever to have existed -- bigger even than dinosaurs -- yet it...

Credit: Jill Hemman and Andrey Kovalevsky /Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US Dept. of Energy OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Oct. 16, 2017...

Credit: © A. Smyth. When it comes to oysters and their role in reducing nutrient pollution, a new study by...

Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--Arteriviruses, a family of single-stranded RNA viruses that belongs to the order Nidovirales, produce more proteins...

The harlequin ladybird, officially known as Harmonia axyridis, was widely introduced across continental Europe to limit the population of pest...

Credit: Jason Richards/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US Department of Energy OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Oct. 16, 2017--SimPath has licensed a novel...

How do we know if it was worth the wait in line to get a meal at the new restaurant...

Credit: © 2016 Joan Costa Microbes in the atmosphere and the role of the oceans in their movement have been...

The targeted anti-cancer therapies cetuximab and panitumumab are mainstays of treatment for advanced colorectal cancer, the second leading cause of...

Credit: Russell Gray Natural habitat areas exhibit similar abundances and diversity of herpetofauna as citrus orchards and reclaimed orchard forests...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Pregnant women who had low socioeconomic status during childhood and who have poor family social support appear...

Credit: Berkeley Lab The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded $6.5 million to Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)...

Credit: Chalmers University of Technology Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology and the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have found several...

Credit: Reproduced with permission from reference 1© 2017 Nature Publishing Group The notion of tethered wind turbines that generate electricity...

CHICAGO -- October 16, 2017--Ohio University researchers found medical students may be more confident than knowledgeable when it comes to...