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Credit: Yakobson Research Group HOUSTON - (Jan. 26, 2017) - Hold on, there, graphene. You might think you're the most...

Credit: Brian Gratwicke As human diseases become alarmingly antibiotic resistant, identification of new pharmaceuticals is critical. The cane toad and...

Credit: Press photo Scientists of Institute of Physics, Nanotechnology and Telecommunications of Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU)...

Credit: Henry H.Q. Heng , Bentham Science Publishers Various -omics studies have unexpectedly highlighted the importance of molecular cytogenetics and...

In shampoo ads, hair always looks like a shiny, smooth surface. But for physicists peering into microscopes, the hair surface...

Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Women over 50 who have been treated for ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) are more likely to...

Scientists have discovered a key 'survival gene' that prevents strains of tuberculosis (TB) from mutating into drug-resistant 'superbugs'. In a...

Credit: University of British Columbia Biochemical reactions that cause Alzheimer's disease could begin in the womb or just after birth...

Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Treating head and neck cancer patients with a twice-daily radiation therapy combined with chemotherapy could save more...

Loading video... Credit: Tufts University MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. (Jan. 27, 2017) - Scientists from Tufts University's School of Arts and Sciences,...

A large-scale, population based study led by Dr. Laurent Azoulay, Senior Investigator with the Lady Davis Institute at the Jewish...

WASHINGTON, DC - The American Geophysical Union (AGU) wrote to federal agency heads on January 26, expressing concern over recent...

A large-scale, population based study led by Dr. Laurent Azoulay, Senior Investigator with the Lady Davis Institute at the Jewish...

Credit: Vavourakis et al. Mechanical pressure caused by cancer growth plays a key role in the development and distribution of...

The stem cells that proliferate the most in response to damage caused by cigarette smoke repair their DNA using a...

Credit: Rossi et al. Researchers have shown that looking at movements of operators and vehicles between farms in the same...

Credit: Greg Asner Stanford, CA--New remote sensing maps of the forest canopy in Peru test the strength of current forest...

Credit: Harry Klee, University of Florida Genetic analyses have revealed which genes are needed to reinstate the rich, original flavor...

What's wrong with the supermarket tomato? Consumers say they lack flavor, so a University of Florida researcher led a global...

Credit: ©Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, Jan. 26, 2017--To explain why so many people in developed countries...