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Scientists have uncovered two related cytokines and associated genetic markers that may explain why some people develop progressive multiple sclerosis,...

An ongoing research project aims to identify and explain teleconnections and future changes in the East Asian Winter Monsoon under...

New Haven, Conn. -- An international Yale-led research team has shown that a risk profile based on 52 genes accurately...

Petersham, MA - New England has been losing forestland to development at a rate of 65 acres per day, according...

Credit: Irfan J. Lodhi There's good fat and bad fat in our bodies. The good fat helps burn calories, while...

Credit: Wits University Complex life, as we know it, started completely by chance, with small strands of molecules linking up,...

The installation of natural gas wells requires soil reclamation efforts after installation. These efforts are often hindered by salt-affected soils,...

Credit: UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center/eLife A recent study led by Samantha Butler at the Eli and Edythe Broad...

One of the most productive organisms on Earth, giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) depends on nutrients from the surrounding water column...

Credit: Praveen Kumar Extreme floods and droughts receive a lot of attention. But what happens when precipitation -- or lack...

Credit: Nick Youngson In the wake of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, many claims have been made that science denial, particularly...

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, Sept. 19, 2017 -- The fat content and levels of several...

NOAA Fisheries researchers and colleagues at the New England Aquarium have developed a new model to improve estimates of abundance...

Credit: HHMI The Howard Hughes Medical Institute today announced the selection of 15 exceptional early career scientists as the first...

Credit: Frederico Padilla With 72 species currently identified, Espeletia is a plant genus endemic to the paramo, a moist alpine...

Credit: Photo: Thomas Kvalnes, NTNU Why are house sparrows the exact size they are? Why aren't they hummingbird size or...

Credit: Credit: Megan Matthews Sand-swimming lizards, slithering robotic snakes, dusk-flying moths and running roaches all have one thing in common:...

How many undergraduate classes in microbiology -- or any scientific field, for that matter -- can say they're published in...

Credit: Samah Jassam New model may help science overcome the brain's fortress-like barrier Scientists have helped provide a way to...

Credit: Walter Dodds, Kansas State University. The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded five jurisdictions nearly $20 million each through...