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One of the most common waterborne diseases worldwide is cryptosporidiosis, a parasitic disease affecting the small intestine and possibly our...

Credit: Rena D'Souza Researchers at University of Utah Health clarified a molecular pathway responsible for the formation of cleft palate...

The cat is the most popular companion animal, and people are increasingly interested in its wellbeing. One of the topics...

Washington, DC -- The Endocrine Society today issued a Clinical Practice Guideline on the treatment for gender-dysphoric/gender-incongruent people, commonly referred...

Proteins are fundamental macromolecules for life, with a diversity of functions, like acting as channels through cellular walls, catalysers, DNA...

Credit: Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, Mass. - As fall sports seasons get under way and concerns related to concussions in...

Credit: Youngjun Cho, University College London WASHINGTON -- Researchers have developed new software that makes it possible to use low-cost,...

Credit: Amber Engle Like trick-or-treaters sorting their Halloween candy haul, fox squirrels apparently organize their stashes of nuts by variety,...

Nature and society are full of so-called real-world complex systems, such as protein interactions. Theoretical models, called complex networks, describe...

Credit: Zhou et al./ Nature 2017 An intricate new three-dimensional protein structure is providing a detailed look into how brain...

(BOSTON) -- The Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering has received funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to...

Catalysts are agents that initiate chemical reactions, speed them up or significantly increase the yield of the desired product. New...

Credit: John L Lewis Lions belong to the world's most charismatic megafauna. However, lion numbers and range have declined alarmingly...

Credit: Xu D. et al., Plant and Cell Physiology, September 1, 2017 The molecular mechanism behind root regeneration after root...

Credit: University of British Columbia Two birds that look the same, but have songs so different they can't recognize each...

Credit: WFU / Ken Bennett Science educators at Wake Forest University are testing how automated feedback combined with new one-on-one...

The BioScience Talks podcast features discussions of topical issues related to the biological sciences. With the rapid expansion of the...

An international team of researchers has demonstrated a way of overcoming one of the major stumbling blocks that has prevented...

Credit: Drexel University Drexel University researchers have made a discovery that could create roads that deice themselves during winter storms....

Human populations have always been exposed to ionizing radiation, and more so in modern life due to its use in...