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For the first time, astronomers from MIT and elsewhere have observed a star pulsing in response to its orbiting planet....

Credit: Palomar Observatory Sky Survey Astronomers are reporting a rare star as big -- or bigger -- than the Earth's...

Scientists at VIB-KU Leuven have identified a new mechanism that impacts tumor growth. The typical lack of oxygen in tumors...

Credit: Credits: NASA NASA's Terra satellite saw strong thunderstorms spiraling into the heart of Tropical Cyclone Dineo on Valentine's Day...

Credit: University of Notre Dame/Matt Cashore Scientists are one step closer to mimicking the way biological systems interact and process...

Credit: Jeff Miller/UW-Madison MADISON, Wis. -- The National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Medicine issued a 258-page report...

Credit: Yoshikatsu Matsubayashi Nagoya, Japan - Plant growth and development relies on the movement of mineral ions from the soil...

Credit: Kobe University How do plants give up photosynthesis and become parasites? A research team in Japan are using comprehensive...

Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A new study contradicts decades of thought, research and teaching on...

Credit: Jeroen Brijs Why do trout spend so much time in potentially dangerous estuaries before migrating to sea? In a...

Credit: Erlantz Lizundia (UPV/EHU) Erlantz Lizundia, a researcher in the UPV/EHU's department of Physical Chemistry and expert in cellulose, started...

Credit: B. Saxton (NRAO/AUI/NSF) Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have discovered a surprising connection between a supermassive...

LOS ANGELES - Telecommunication experts estimate the amount of data stored "in the cloud" or in remote data centers around...

Credit: The Scripps Research Institute JUPITER, FL, Feb. 14, 2017 - A pair of scientists from the Florida campus of...

Two studies in the February 14 issue of JAMA examine hair loss among women with breast cancer who received scalp...

Credit: Genetech Sandra Horning, MD, Chief Medical Officer and executive vice president of global development for Roche and Genentech, a...

PHOENIX - Mayo Clinic and University of Washington researchers have discovered a new culture method that unlocks the natural fighter...

Credit: Egor Kovlakov Members of the Faculty of Physics, the Lomonosov Moscow State University have elaborated a new technique for...

Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (Feb. 14, 2017) - Constant infusion of a drug now used intermittently to "rescue" patients...

Credit: Photo: VTT VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed technology known as "CatLignin" to produce reactive lignin from...