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The near-term future of Earth is one of a warming planet, as urban expansion and greenhouse gas emissions stoke the...

Estrogens are hormones that play central roles in the development and the physiology of the breast, but also are involved...

Credit: Image by Madhuvanthi Kannan and Ganesh Vasan; composite by Michael Helfenbein New Haven, Conn. -- For years, green has...

Credit: (Purdue image) WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind - Purdue University researchers have developed a new flexible and translucent base for silicon...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- A new approach to controlling magnetism in a microchip could open the doors to memory, computing, and...

Credit: ©Science China Press The Late Mesozoic breakup of Gondwana triggered major biotic exchanges between Laurasia and Gondwanan landmasses that...

Boston, MA -- For years, it's remained an open question: What effects do dietary supplements such as high doses of...

(University of Guelph) This is the first known study to connect habitat with varying brain size in a single lake...

New research has linked adolescent obesity with up to a four-fold increased risk of pancreatic cancer later in life. The...

Credit: Profeza In a new partnership between open-access Biodiversity Data Journal (BDJ) and workflow software development platform Profeza, authors submitting...

An experimental drug may be effective against a deadly form of pancreatic cancer when used in combination with other immune-boosting...

Credit: Photo courtesy of George Perry/Penn State African and Asian rainforest hunter-gatherers share short stature, and now an international team...

Scientists at the University of Birmingham have revealed the roles that different types of gene mutations play in causing blood...

Credit: Osaka University Osaka, Japan -- When a cell divides--a process known as mitosis--its chromosomes need to be separated and...

The threat today to African plants, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and large mammals is unprecedented, caused by a range of...

Credit: NIMS NIMS and the Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago have jointly developed a Computer-Aided Material Design (CAMaD) system capable...

Credit: NIAID/NIH Ball lands in cup; cup triggers spring; spring clamps lever onto ball and holds it tight. That's a...

Credit: UoL Scientists at the University of Liverpool have discovered a new and important function of a toxin produced by...

Women are more likely to smoke during pregnancy if they live in areas with lots of shops selling cigarettes, a...

Scientists have made a major discovery that shines a new, explanatory light on the link between obesity and cancer. Their...