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A new technique that will allow scientists to determine the effects of turning on and off a set of molecules...

We know that exercise is good for you. But why, and how? The National Institutes of Health today (Dec. 13)...

Credit: Erin F. Abernethy Aiken, S.C. - Researchers from the University of Georgia have found that invasive species on Hawaii...

Credit: Getty Images Biodiversity on earth is greatest in the tropics with the number and variety of species gradually diminishing...

Credit: Joseph A. Toonen Girls with a rare genetic disorder caused by mutations in a gene known as Nf1 are...

Credit: Image courtesy of the National Institutes of Health. The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) presents its...

CHICAGO--December 13, 2016--People deciding between low-carb and low-fat diets should know the research shows a slight advantage for low-carb diets...

Credit: The Scripps Research Institute LA JOLLA, CA - December 13, 2016 - Diet composition around the time of pregnancy...

Credit: Ron McPeak In early 2014, when a large-scale marine heat wave in the Pacific Ocean produced temperature anomalies greater...

As a doctoral candidate, Owen Gottlieb received advice from a consortium that eventually led him to a successful teaching and...

Credit: Monika Weiner / TUM For years, small rechargeable lithium-ion batteries have reliably supplied billions of portable devices with energy....

Cambridge, Mass. -- Materials exposed to a high-radiation environment such as the inside of a nuclear reactor vessel can gradually...

Credit: Melissa Van De Werfhorst UC Santa Barbara professors James Speck and Larry Coldren are among the newest fellows of...

Credit: Gen-Sheng Feng, UC San Diego Health Some cancers are caused by loss of enzymes that should keep cell growth...

The brain tumour form glioblastoma is difficult to treat and has very poor prognosis. In a new study, published today...

Our brain's changing structure, not simply getting older and wiser, most affects our attitudes to risk, according to new research....

Ebola virus is one of a variety of viruses that causes a disease that comes under the general heading of...

The National Institutes of Health Common Fund announced today the first awards for the Molecular Transducers of Physical Activity in...

The sonic boom created by an airplane comes from the craft's large, speeding body crashing into molecules in the air....

Credit: Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation SEATTLE - More than 2,000 US counties witnessed increases of 200% or more...