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Credit: Jonathan Lawson The Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine has selected Babraham Institute group leader, Dr Rahul Roychoudhuri, to receive...

Credit: Photo: Patrick Cabrol Copyrights: Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) Using the largest and most informative molecular phylogenetic...

Credit: Ian Dworkin Fear alone may contribute to the extinction of animal populations according to a recent study. When scientists...

The New Phytologist Trust, in partnership with John Wiley & Sons, is announcing the launch of a new crossdisciplinary Open...

Credit: Carlos Ortiz-Ramírez, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência Glutamate receptors play a central role in the human nervous system. Scientists estimate...

Credit: Washington State University PULLMAN, Wash. - Washington State University researchers have developed a way to grow algae more efficiently...

Credit: Tomsk Polytechnic University Scientists from Tomsk Polytechnic University and the University of Chemistry and Technology (Prague, Czech Republic) have...

Credit: Deanna Dent, Arizona State University Alzheimer's disease tragically ravages the brains, memories and ultimately, personalities of its victims. Now...

In the wake of the change in administration in January, the political landscape has become more challenging to navigate for...

Credit: (© Evgeny V. Yan/FSU Jena) (Jena, Germany) He's Australian, around half a centimetre long, fairly nondescript, 300 million years...

Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- In the summer of 2012, two undergraduate students tackled a problem...

The raccoon that topples your trashcan and pillages your garden may leave more than just a mess. More likely than...

Credit: Kobe University Human cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a common virus found worldwide. When CMV infects fetuses, it can cause serious...

Credit: UC Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Tiny eel-like creatures called nematodes are surrounding us. While they can be free-living (a...

Boston, Mass. -- A research team from the Schepens Eye Research Institute of Massachusetts Eye and Ear has successfully prevented...

Credit: © Humberto Yamaguti SAN FRANCISCO (July 24, 2017) -- A team of researchers -- including Dr. Lauren Esposito, Curator...

Credit: © 2015 MBARI MOSS LANDING, CA--An article just published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B describes two...

Credit: University of Cincinnati CINCINNATI--Influenza is a recurring global health threat that, according to the World Health Organization, is responsible...

Climate change campaigns that focus on correcting public beliefs about scientific consensus are likely to backfire and undermine policy efforts,...

Credit: © Chris Smart, NYSAES, Geneva NY A missing link in the complex molecular pathway by which plants resist pathogens...