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Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A major health problem in older people is age-associated osteoporosis -- the thinning of bone...

Credit: Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST), Quantum Wave Microscopy Unit Professor Tsumoru Shintake at the Okinawa...

Credit: Joshua Leiberman, University of Maryland Baltimore Group A Streptococcus bacteria cause a variety of illnesses that range from mild...

Credit: Martin Kapun The genome of a typical organism consists of many genes that are stringed like beads. This alignment...

In a study, researchers at the University of São Paulo's Ribeirão Preto School of Medicine (FMRP-USP), in Brazil, finds that...

QUT researchers have produced Australia's first lithium-ion battery after establishing the country's only facility capable of such manufacturing. Key facts:...

Credit: Burrus/NIST BOULDER, Colo.--Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a potential new tactic for...

Credit: © Institut Pasteur Hearing loss, sometimes associated with other disorders such as balance defects, is the most common sensory...

Recognizing the critical role that private capital flows will play in moving society toward a more sustainable future, Yale University...

The Cornell Center for Materials Research - which through research and education is enhancing national capabilities in science, technology, engineering,...

Credit: World Scientific No corner of the world has escaped unscathed from climate change. The recent unprecedented increase in natural...

Scientists from the University of Surrey have developed a rapid and highly sensitive fingerprint test that can take just seconds...

"It can be considered an instance of 'embodiment' in which our brain interacts with our body". This is the comment...

A new test that combines the effects of more than two dozen genetic variants, most associated by themselves with only...

Credit: World Scientific With an increasing demand for clean energy due to environmental concerns, natural gas has emerged as a...

Credit: NOAA/NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team. Fires that span across the Northern Territory and Western Australia...

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, Sept. 22, 2017 -- Researchers added a scaffold/matrix attachment region (S/MAR)...

Pearls are among nature's most beautiful creations, and have been treasured for countless centuries. Beneath one's iridescent surface lies a...

Outdoor air pollution has long been linked to major health conditions such as heart disease, stroke, cancer, asthma and chronic...

Barcelona, 21 September 2017 - Cancer, which is one of the leading causes of death worldwide, arises from the disruption...