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Naturally fluorescing polymer nanoparticles can be used to detect a key marker of cystic fibrosis. Credit: Yang Lab/Penn StateA new,...

Expanding DNA by adding a synthetic base pair holds the promise of producing unique proteins and peptides for new medicines...

Credits: wikimediaResearchers at Uppsala University have used computer modelling to study how brain tumours arise. The study, which is published...

Ryan Randall (R) and Caelan Radford hold up cultures of lab bacteria with mutated proteins fluorescing in various colors. Credit:...

Credits: WikimediaA late night at the library, copious amounts of energy drinks or coffee and class notes from the last...

Exposure to bright light increases testosterone levels and leads to greater sexual satisfaction in men with low sexual desire. These...

What parents say should be covered in health education. Credit: C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s HealthTeaching kids...

A new survey of internet users suggests that people who use the internet excessively may have more mental health problems....

Mosquitoes are more likely to feed on cattle than on humans if they carry a specific chromosomal rearrangement in their...

In a study published online by JAMA Ophthalmology, Changwen Ke, Ph.D., of the Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and...

Roswell Park Cancer Institute scientists report that several flavorings added to electronic cigarettes impact the toxicity of the devices and...

A study led by researchers from the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Pitt...

Credits: WikimediaResearchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have discovered a key mechanism that explains how compounds they’re developing can suppress...

Prof. Bernd Kuhn, Dr. Akihiro Funamizu and Prof. Kenji Doya. Credit: Image courtesy of Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology...

Salk Institute researchers and collaborators develop novel cancer treatment that halts fat synthesis in cells. Placebo-treated cells (left) have far...

Human babies and even animals have a basic number sense that many believe evolves from seeing the world and trying...

Korean researchers show how our brain activates self-destruct mechanisms when it is low on energy to regulate appetite. Researchers from...

The American Academy of Pediatrics is urging parents and health providers to stop giving codeine to children, calling for more...

A novel strategy to screen pregnant women for malaria with rapid diagnostic tests and treat the test-positive women with effective...

A recent review and analysis of published studies since 2005 found low-to-moderate evidence that dietary and exercise interventions can improve...