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Credit: Osaka University Osaka - Inflammation and evasion of the immune system have been reported to be some of the...

Hormones that signal the body's state of hunger and fullness could be the key to new treatments for drug and...

Credit: Imperial College London The components of the immune system that trigger allergic reactions may also help protect the skin...

New research on how cannabis use alters eating behavior could lead to treatments for appetite loss in chronic illness, according...

Philadelphia, July 17, 2018 Childhood adversity permanently alters the peripheral and central immune systems, increasing the sensitivity of the body's...

Credit: Lehigh University Viruses cause diseases ranging from the common cold to the deadly and highly infectious Ebola disease. Their...

Credit: Photo: Joe Angeles/Washington University In the future, plants will be able to create their own fertilizer. Farmers will no...

Credit: Hersam Research Group/Northwestern University Borophene, the atomically flat form of boron with unique properties, is even more interesting when...

BEDFORD, Mass., July 16, 2018 - Homology Medicines, Inc., a genetic medicines company, announced today a peer-reviewed publication demonstrating that...

Credit: Purdue University/Erin Easterling WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Recent studies show that 40 percent of Americans over the age of...

College Park, Md. -- The success of electric car batteries depends on the miles that can be driven on a...

Credit: (courtesy Dr. King) ROCKVILLE, MD - The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) has named Mary-Claire King, PhD, as...

Scientists at the Wellcome Sanger Institute have discovered that CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing can cause greater genetic damage in cells than...

Researchers at the University of Sheffield have solved a key puzzle in quantum physics that could help to make data...

Credit: Eric Garcetti Preventing reservoir evaporation during droughts with floating balls may not help conserve water overall, due to the...

Credit: © Photo: Volker Lannert/Uni Bonn Particulate matter deposits on leaves increase plant transpiration and the risk of plants suffering...

Credit: Tom Stubbs and Dan Driscoll Fossils come in many shapes and sizes, ranging from isolated fragments of bones and...

Credit: Swadhin C. Jana Our body is made up of millions of cells that communicate with each other and with...

Credit: Jason DeBoer, Illinois Natural History Survey URBANA, Ill. - The bluegill on your dinner plate might have been more...

(Linköping University) Twenty-five researchers from seven research institutes have put their heads together to draw up rules for designing high-efficiency...