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The ability to charge cellphones in seconds is one step closer after researchers at the University of Waterloo used nanotechnology...

Credit: michael-podger/Creative commons Natural surroundings, including green spaces, may be beneficial for brain development in children, but evidence is still...

TORONTO, October 25, 2017 - In an innovative study, researchers at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) have...

Credit: Allen Institute The Allen Institute for Brain Science has added the first data from human nerve cells to the...

Credit: Han Bin Jeong (UNIST) Han Bin Jeong, a doctoral student in the School of Life Sciences at UNIST, has...

Credit: University of Delaware/ Evan Krape The world's coastal ecosystems -- areas such as tidal marshes and mangrove forests --...

Heidelberg, Oct. 25, 2017 - EMBO announces today the selection of 28 young researchers as EMBO Young Investigators. They join...

As a gigantic carbon sink, the ocean has taken up about a third of the carbon dioxide (CO2) released into...

Credit: © 2017 KAUST Smart 3D-printed braces that incorporate nontoxic batteries and lights could reduce the time and costs involved...

Cystic fibrosis is an inherited disorder caused by genetic mutations that disrupt the normal movement of chloride in and out...

Immune cells are normally associated with fighting infection but in a new study, scientists have discovered how they also help...

Credit: European Geosciences Union In the past decades, large areas of forest in Sumatra, Indonesia have been replaced by cash...

Credit: Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich. -- With the increased politicization of science, more and more people continue to...

In coming decades, the rise in global temperatures owing to climate change may hinder the production of wheat in many...

Polishing an apple with your shirt might remove some dust and dirt, but getting rid of pesticide residues could take...

You get an infection, you are given penicillin -- and then you could get hemorrhagic diarrhea. This rare but extremely...

Seizures are a common result of traumatic brain injury, especially in military veterans. A new study funded by the DOD,...

Very little is still known about how neurons can be generated from stem cells. Researchers at the University Medical Center...

RESTON, Va. - The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) has published appropriate use criteria (AUC) for FDG...

Credit: © Institut Pasteur Adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) is a gene whose mutations are associated with a rare, hereditary form...