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When Zika first buzzed into the continental United States during the 2016 outbreak, Florida was hit first--and hardest--with 1,174 documented...

Beta cells release insulin in your blood, but when you suffer from Type 1 diabetes, you hardly have any of...

Credit: University of Bristol Researchers at the University of Bristol have been taking a close-up look at the biting mouthparts...

Credit: World Scientific The 1980s witnessed technologies focus on reducing costs and improving performance. However, at the turn of 21st...

The good news: Recognizing the incredible value of forests in providing habitat, storing carbon dioxide, purifying water and more, people...

New insights into how our cells store and manage DNA during cell division could help point towards the causes of...

Credit: Professor Shinichiro Sawa Orchids are loved by gardeners around the world but are notoriously difficult to cultivate. Japanese researchers...

Credit: Case Western Reserve University CLEVELAND--With a new $5.5 million, five-year federal grant, a Case Western Reserve University researcher is...

Credit: Huang Lab, CSHL Cold Spring Harbor, NY - In a major step forward in research, scientists at Cold Spring...

Credit: UM Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science MIAMI - Researchers at the UM Rosenstiel School of Marine and...

Credit: Flower images: Andreas Fleischmann, Trap images: Plant Biomechanics Group Freiburg Bladderworts (Utricularia spp. Lentibulariaceae) are plants with many superlatives:...

Credit: Jessica C. Thompson/Emory University The first large-scale study of ancient human DNA from sub-Saharan Africa opens a long-awaited window...

Researchers have quantified the astonishingly high speeds at which future solar cells would have to operate in order to stretch...

ANN ARBOR--Inspired by the Labyrinth of Greek mythology, a new chip etched with fluid channels sends blood samples through a...

On average overweight dogs lose an average of 11% of their bodyweight when enrolled on a weight loss trial according...

Credit: Jesse Miller/UC Davis Woody vegetation, such as trees and shrubs, has increased dramatically in Ozark grasslands over the past...

Credit: BYU Photo Most football fans have seen players get hit so hard they can barely walk back to the...

Credit: VIIBRE, Vanderbilt University An interdisciplinary team of Vanderbilt University researchers has received a two-year, $2-million federal grant to develop...

Credit: Dr. Brian Heterick The 'furnace ants' or 'honeypot ants' present a very large genus of ants, Melophorus, confined to...

Credit: UC San Diego Health Chronic tissue inflammation resulting from obesity is an underlying cause of insulin resistance and type...