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NASA's Twins Study preliminary results have revealed that space travel causes an increase in methylation, the process of turning genes...

Credit: Svetlana Alekseeva Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology and the Technical University of Denmark have developed a method that...

Nanotechnology plays an important role in removing toxic chemicals found in the soil. Currently more than 70 Environmental Protection Agency...

Credit: Dmitry Ghilarov/Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology and David Lawson/John Innes Centre Picture a brand-new, unsharpened pencil. The graphite...

A clearly defined subpopulation of neurons in the brainstem is essential to execute locomotion at high speeds. Interestingly, these high-speed...

Credit: UW-Madison MADISON -- A trio of scientists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Morgridge Institute for Research participated...

Credit: David Stafford and Rebecca Chance, UC Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley is partnering with the Allen Institute for...

A team of UCL researchers has devised a mathematical equation that can explain how our self-esteem is shaped by what...

The New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) announced the 2017 class of NYSCF - Robertson Investigators, welcoming six of the...

Credit: Penn State New research shows that a new class of antiviral drugs works by causing the virus' replication machinery...

Scientists from the University of Surrey have developed 'intelligent' nanoparticles which heat up to a temperature high enough to kill...

Credit: Harriet McHale HUNTSVILLE, TX (10/24/17) -- A research team at Sam Houston State University received a $311,000 National Institute...

Credit: Alex Seymour, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- Scientists have long known that marine animals mistakenly eat plastic debris because...

TORONTO (October 23, 2017) -More people die of lung cancer than any other type of cancer, and two new studies...

TORONTO-(October 23, 2017) Delivering news about end-of-life issues is one of the most difficult tasks clinicians encounter in medical practice....

Melanomas caused by sun exposure have been matched with targeted treatments and immunotherapies, in many cases dramatically extending patients' lives....

Seventy-two new genetic variants that contribute to the risk of developing breast cancer have been identified by a major international...

Benzopyrene is a potent carcinogen and mutagen present in cigarette smoke, automotive exhaust, burnt wood fumes, barbecued and smoked meat...

MADISON, Wis. -- As cells with a propensity for cancer break down food for energy, they reach a fork in...

PHILADELPHIA - Pediatric patients with head and neck cancer can be treated with proton beam therapy (PBT) instead of traditional...