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PHILADELPHIA -- Most cases of Parkinson's have no known cause, and researchers continue to debate and study possible factors that...

Credit: OIST The immune system is a formidable defense against microbial intruders, identifying and eliminating the threats through an extremely...

Research by PhD candidate Nicola Bryson-Morrison from the University of Kent's School of Anthropology and Conservation (SAC) suggests chimpanzees are...

Credit: Wencewicz The active component of the wonder drug penicillin and related antibiotics such as the cephalosporins is an "enchanted...

Scientists could be one step closer to developing vaccines against viruses such as Zika, West Nile or HIV, according to...

The origin of animals was one of the most important events in the history of Earth. Beautifully preserved fossil embryos...

WASHINGTON, May 30, 2017 -- Journalists may now apply for press credentials for the American Chemical Society's (ACS') 254th National...

A majority of displaced adolescent girls are victimized by violence, according to a new study in the Democratic Republic of...

Credit: Miguel Prudêncio lab, iMM Lisboa Lisbon, Portugal (30 May 2017)--The Radboud University Medical Center (Radboudumc) in the Netherlands, the...

Credit: Image courtesy of Akhilesh Kumar, Wisconsin National Primate Research Center MADISON, Wisconsin -- In the average adult human, there...

ANN ARBOR--Biologists have always been fascinated by the diversity and changeability of life on Earth and have attempted to answer...

Credit: Michigan Medicine ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Ketamine was first introduced into clinical practice by investigators at the University of...

LA JOLLA, CA - May 29, 2017 - Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have given new superpowers to...

Credit: Xi Yang/University of Virginia New York, NY -- May 29, 2017 -- A new Columbia Engineering study, led by...

PITTSBURGH, May 29, 2017 - The quest to develop a cure for HIV has long been plagued by a seemingly...

Credit: ICFO/ D. Bartolome Over the past 40 years, microelectronics have advanced by leaps and bounds thanks to silicon and...

Credit: UC Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Engineers at the University of California, Riverside have developed a new way to recover...

HAMILTON, ON, May 29, 2017 - The visual cortex, the human brain's vision-processing centre that was previously thought to mature...

Credit: ETH Zurich / Scott Jackson, Ioannis Manolaridis, Kaspar Locher Almost all living creatures have evolved mechanisms to remove toxins...

Credit: Ross Maynard In the Neotropics, there is a whole group of so-called glassfrogs that amaze with their transparent skin...