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Credit: Lilian Hsiao New research from North Carolina State University, MIT and the University of Michigan finds that the surface...

Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA -- (Oct. 12, 2017) Salk Professor and HHMI Investigator Ronald Evans has been awarded $2.5...

Credit: Mark Vermeij Coral reefs harbor an incredible diversity of life, both sea creatures we can see and microbial life...

Credit: University of Alberta Recent research discoveries in the development of brain disorders could pave the way to new therapies...

PHILADELPHIA (Oct. 12, 2017) -- Leadership at Jefferson and the Monell Center announced today the signing of a non-binding Letter...

Credit: Junji Hirota Each odor-detecting neuron (referred to as olfactory sensory neuron from here on), chooses a single odorant receptor...

EUGENE, Ore. -- Oct. 12, 2017 -- Although proteins have very different function functions, or specialties, in living cells, they...

WASHINGTON, D.C. Oct. 12 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today honored...

The National Institutes of Health and 11 leading biopharmaceutical companies Thursday launched the Partnership for Accelerating Cancer Therapies (PACT), a...

Credit: Dr. Bimal Banik et al., Bentham Science Publishers Indoloquinoline alkaloids have received significant popularity because of their antimalarial and...

Credit: Barbara Johnston/University of Notre Dame Determining how proteins function on a molecular level is crucial to understanding the underlying...

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland is coordinating an European project called ESTABLISH, which aims to provide a healthier and...

Scientific research at the ULB Center for Diabetes Research and the Erasmus Hospital of the ULB leads to the identification...

Credit: Michalina Janiszewska, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School Cold Spring Harbor, NY -- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press (CSHLP)...

The virulence of pathogens is considered an important health care problem due to their resistance against conventional antibiotics. The recent...

Credit: © Lunghammer - TU Graz Biofuels obtained from biomass are becoming increasingly important. Apart from biomethane, however, they cannot...

Credit: Jefferson Hall Ask someone to draw a tree and s/he will invariably draw a trunk and branches -- leaving...

A pregnant mother sleeping on her back during late pregnancy may cause problems for the fetus, according to new research...

(University of Bonn) The Arctic is often in the headlines: starving polar bears on melting ice, the reckless hunt for...

Nitrate is the most common contaminant in aquifers and tap water throughout the world, but its effects on human health...