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Credit: Lauren D. Quinn URBANA, Ill. - One in three American adults suffers from high blood pressure, or hypertension. The...

Credit: Igor Slowing In every plant--from trees to crops--there exists a substance that makes up its wood or stems, fiber,...

Credit: Kansas State University MANHATTAN, KANSAS -- Holographic images of free-flowing air particles may help climate change and biological weapons...

Programming a molecular biology experiment can be similar to playing Sudoku; both are simple if you're working with only a...

Credit: Angelyn Nguyen/UCLA UCLA biophysicists have developed a new method to rapidly determine a single cell's stiffness and size --...

ITHACA, N.Y. - Like fine wines, sea salts are artisanal products that inspire talk of terroir, texture and provenance. Now...

New Orleans, LA - LSU Health New Orleans has been awarded a $1.85 million grant over five years by the...

How do fire-suppression chemicals and pesticides affect wildfire smoke and the health of those who breathe it? UC Davis graduate...

Credit: Sandra Goutte Tiny Brazilian frogs still 'sing' despite not being able to hear themselves - this is the surprising...

Credit: Nikita Taparia, University of Washington WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 3, 2017 -- About one quarter of the world's population suffers...

(Portland, Ore.) Oct. 3, 2017 - Nearly 300 aquatic species have landed on American shores since the 2011 Japanese tsunami...

Credit: Assist Basu Research from the University of Texas at Arlington and the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology suggests that...

EUGENE, Ore. -- Oct. 3, 2017 -- In a special experiment, zebrafish with defective immune systems swam and dined with...

Credit: Robert Hubner, WSU Photo Services To keep pace with the fast-evolving study of cellular plant science, an international team...

Credit: Authors: Sankar Chatterjee, Christopher R. Scotese, and Sunil Bajpai and The Geological Society of America Boulder, Colo., USA: The...

Tuesday October 3, 2017 - Oxford, United Kingdom: An international research collaboration has shed light on the impact that grass-fed...

Credit: North Carolina State University A study from North Carolina State University researchers shows that a neurotransmitter involved in relaying...

Co-prescription of the anticonvulsant gabapentin is associated with an increased risk of opioid-related death in people who are prescribed opioid...

Credit: Julian Kiely. Scientists from the UK have identified the smallest and youngest specimen of Ichthyosaurus communis on record and...

(Rutgers University) Explosive volcanic eruptions in the tropics can lead to El Niño events, those notorious warming periods in the...