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Credit: Joseph Xu/Senior Multimedia Content Producer, University of Michigan - College of Engineering ARLINGTON, Va.--Traditional leg prosthetics enable amputees to...

In recent years, there has been growing controversy surrounding the evolutionary effects of trophy hunting in big game animals worldwide....

It's long been known that heart disease develops later in women than men. But the biological reasons why females have...

A new study published in the journal Brain Behavior and Immunity appears to challenge the theory that cells in the...

A new study published online in The FASEB Journal reveals a novel gene involved in maintaining body weight. Specifically, the...

Chemists at the University of Basel have been able to show for the first time that anaerobic bacteria can produce...

Credit: University of Sydney A highly elastic and adhesive surgical glue that quickly seals wounds without the need for common...

Credit: The University of Gothenburg Noisier seas seem to hamper fish reproduction. A new doctoral thesis from the University of...

Credit: Cornelia Spetea Wiklund, University of Gothenburg By developing a symbiotic relationship with fungi, plants not only become more tolerant...

(Carnegie Institution for Science) Science News magazine has selected José Dinneny, of Carnegie's Department of Plant Biology, as one of...

Women with asthma suffer more often from preeclampsia (PE) and run a higher risk of giving birth to underweight babies....

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, Oct. 4, 2017--Researchers have developed a computational model based on available...

Credit: Patrick Tranel URBANA, Ill. - Imagine walking the cereal aisle at your favorite grocery store. Are you reading labels?...

Credit: OIST/Steven Aird A bite from a pit viper, locally known as habu, can cause permanent disability and even death....

Credit: The University of Hong Kong Professor Kenneth Mei Yee LEUNG of the Swire Institute of Marine Science and School...

RICHMOND, Va. (Oct. 4, 2017) -- Children of divorced parents are more likely to get divorced when compared to those...

Although both men and women gossip, women may be more likely to use gossiping and rumour-mongering as tactics to badmouth...

Albatross feed on several fish species that are not easy for the birds to access in nature, but which are...

Credit: Courtesy Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Humans migrated out of Africa as the climate shifted from wet to very dry about...

The New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) and Beyond Batten Disease Foundation (BBDF) today announce the availability of a unique...