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A recently published study in the journal Pachyderm highlights the ongoing effort of accredited zoos to address challenges and improve...

The human brain is a mysterious supercomputer. Billions of neurons buzz within an intricate network that controls our every thought,...

Following a state law mandating testing, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) issued more alerts for lead in candy...

Credit: UC San Diego Scientists have known that areas of the brain with similar functions--even those in different brain hemispheres--connect...

Credit: Kay Ho A recently published article in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, "Effects of Micronized and Nano-Copper Azole on Marine...

Credit: Insilico Medicine Thursday, 10.26.2017, Baltimore, MD, Insilico Medicine, a leader in the field of artificial intelligence, is pleased to...

Doctors are developing a more personalised approach to the treatment of bowel cancer, thanks to research which has found a...

Credit: © 2017 Stamatina Isari A year-long survey of the taxonomic diversity of Red Sea fish larvae has revealed how...

Credit: Copyright: Martin Oeggerli, / ETH Zurich / University of Basel From earthworms and sunflowers to human beings, we are...

Boston, MA - Manipulating mitochondrial networks inside cells -- either by dietary restriction or by genetic manipulation that mimics it--may...

The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation has awarded a prestigious Alexander von Humboldt Professorship to the University of Konstanz for the...

Credit: Figure: Gänzler/KIT Reducing pollutant emission of vehicles and meeting stricter exhaust gas standards are major challenges when developing catalytic...

Credit: Kyoto University iCeMS The creation of cardiac tissue-like constructs could offer an effective and convenient "woundplast" for repairing myocardial...

Magdalena R. Osburn, a Northwestern University geobiologist who studies ancient and modern microbes, has been awarded a 2017 Packard Fellowship...

Credit: Dr. Takuro Niidome Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) are known to have excellent antibacterial properties and are considered by many to...

Natural selection quickly turns a melting pot of microorganisms into a highly efficient community, new research shows. Scientists at the...

A scientist from the Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Biology, has, together with his Russian colleague, explained frequent occurrence...

Credit: Herz et. al. PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- It has always been apparent that some individuals have a better sense of...

Credit: 2017 Jun Kamei and Yoshiho Ikeuchi, Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo Axons are the structures through...

A research advance co-led by Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine's Kumar Alagramam, PhD, may stop the progression of...