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People who are overweight cut their life expectancy by two months for every extra kilogramme of weight they carry, research...

Almost as large as a Smart car, giant sea bass can weigh more than 500 pounds and grow longer than...

Scientists have shown that ocean clams and worms are releasing a significant amount of potentially harmful greenhouse gas into the...

The Case Center for Synchrotron Biosciences has been awarded second prize in the 2017 Sharing Research Resources Award by the...

Credit: Yale University By the time multiple sclerosis (MS) is diagnosed in children, it may be difficult to prevent the...

Researchers at Nanjing University and their collaborators have found that NatD, which mediates N-alpha-terminal acetylation (Nt-acetylation) of histone H4, promotes...

A nine-year joint research project conducted by VIB, KU Leuven and VUB has led to a crucial breakthrough in cancer...

Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Seizure disorders -- including epilepsy -- are associated with pathological hyperexcitability in brain neurons. Unfortunately,...

McGill University researchers have discovered a cellular mechanism that may contribute to the breakdown of communication between neurons in Alzheimer's...

Credit: Photo by Tyler D. Hoskins A study published recently in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry found that Blanchard's cricket frogs...

Researchers investigating whether liquid water could exist on Mars have provided new insight into the limits of life on the...

Credit: Photo: Mikael Sejr For the first time, ocean data from Northeast Greenland reveals the long-term impact of the melting...

Credit: Smithsonian Institution Jellyfish sting swimmers, clog fishing nets, and in high numbers can close beaches. But despite their nuisance...

Credit: Georg Mair/Vetmeduni Vienna Usutu virus, a flavivirus of African origin, was first detected in Austria in 2001, when it...

Credit: Insilico Medicine, Inc. Friday, October 13th, 2017, Baltimore, Maryland: Insilico Medicine announces the publication of a new research paper...

Credit: Micayla Bowman For many years, we thought that all proteins must fold into complicated shapes to fulfill their functions,...

Credit: National University of Singapore A research breakthrough achieved by a team led by Associate Professor Ernest Chua from the...

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

Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - Oct. 11, 2017 - UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers today published a 3-D atomic structure...

Scientists from the BOREA Biology of Aquatic Organisms and Ecosystems research unit (CNRS / MNHN / IRD / UPMC /...