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Jing Yong Ye, professor of biomedical engineering at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), has received a two-year,...

Credit: ETH Zurich / Andreas Frutiger Much can be detected in blood or urine: viral illnesses, metabolic disorders or autoimmune...

Calculations have shown that 10 per cent of all plastic produced around the world ultimately ends up in the oceans....

The same hormone that stimulates milk production for lactation, also acts in the brain to help establish the nurturing link...

Credit: Case Western Reserve University CLEVELAND--A new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agent being tested by researchers at Case Western...

(Neuro Kinetics, Inc.) Among three new US patents awarded to Neuro Kinetics is protection for its I-PAS™ design, a highly...

Credit: Credit: NASA via Flickr Researchers have found a way to chart changes in the speed of deep-ocean currents using...

Credit: Celia Herrera-Rincon/Tufts University MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. (Sept. 25, 2017) -- The brain plays an active and essential role much earlier...

Research at the University of York has revealed that genes are controlled by 'nano footballs' - structures that look like...

Credit: Maria Mota lab, iMM Lisboa Researchers from Instituto de Medicina Molecular (iMM) Lisboa have found that the host's susceptibility...

The identification of genes related to autism spectrum disorder (ASD) could help to better understand the disorder and develop new...

Analyses of temperate rain forests located on the central coast of British Columbia, Canada suggest that for centuries, humans have...

Credit: University of Basel, Biozentrum In order to get rid of unpleasant competitors, some bacteria use a sophisticated weapon -...

Researchers in France found that rats who ate a junk food diet during pregnancy had heavier pups that strongly preferred...

Scientists at Rutgers University-New Brunswick used a genetic engineering technique for the first time to create brain cells from the...

Credit: Megumi Akai-Kasaya WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 25, 2017 -- In conventional electronics, a great deal of effort is devoted to...

Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Sept. 25, 2017) - Cancer vaccines may need to better target...

Credit: Jay Yocis/UC Creative Services Ticks are nasty little survivors, outlasting even dinosaurs as they resist drought, tolerate cold and...

Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Sept. 25, 2017 -- Everyone seems to swear by a different pancake recipe. How...

Credit: IGDB Leaves are fundamental light-capturing organs of plants. The vast majority of higher plants utilize leaves as their solar...