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WASHINGTON, DC - The Ecological Society of America (ESA) is pleased to announce its 2017 Fellows. The Society's fellowship program...

Credit: blakespot, Flickr Making sure that participants of a clinical trial provide informed consent--understanding their role, along with any risks...

Credit: CXC/M. Weiss; X-ray: NASA/CXC/UNH/D. Lin et al, Optical: CFHT DURHAM, N.H. - A giant black hole ripped apart a...

Credit: TACC Much of the data of the World Wide Web hides like an iceberg below the surface. The so-called...

The effects of a promising new approach to chemotherapy that involves frequent administration of dosage levels much lower than traditionally...

Credit: The Scripps Research Institute JUPITER, FL - February 6, 2017 - The most frightening aspect of Zika virus has...

Online dating has become a way of life for folks looking for love in the freewheeling, tap-and-swipe culture that dominates...

Credit: Michael Goulding/WCS. New York (February 6, 2017) - An international team of scientists has confirmed that the dorado catfish...

COLUMBIA, Mo. - The majority of pregnancy losses occur during the first trimester, when biological communication between the embryo and...

PULLMAN, Wash. - Washington State University researchers are undertaking an industrious investigation into the effects of global warming on plants....

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS The CO2 level in Mars' primitive atmosphere 3.5 billion years ago was too low for sediments, such as...

Credit: Video courtesy of Lori Sanders/Harvard University Nature does amazing things with limited design materials. Grass, for example, can support...

Credit: EvergladesRestoration.gov The Florida Everglades' cypress swamps, mangrove trees and "river of grass" cover the southern 20 percent of the...

WASHINGTON (Feb. 6, 2017)--More than 400 original scientific studies of minimally invasive, image-guided treatments that may solve some of today's...

Credit: Colin Simpfendorfer Conventional wisdom holds that sharks can't be harvested in a sustainable manner because they are long-lived animals....

Loading video... Credit: Credits: NASA/JAXA, Hal Pierce NASA's Aqua satellite passed over Tropical Cyclone Carlos when it was affecting La...

Credit: Patrick Mansell, Penn State When Penn State decided to convert its two power plants from their historic use of...

Loading video... Credit: UHN (TORONTO, Canada - Feb. 6, 2017) - Princess Margaret Cancer Centre scientists have discovered a distinct...

Rochester Institute of Technology faculty member Nathan Cahill was named a Rising Researcher by SPIE, the international society for optics...

Credit: (Texas A&M AgriLife Research photo by Kathleen Phillips) COLLEGE STATION -- Humans face hundreds of decisions every day. But...