AMHERST, Mass. – A groundbreaking new study recently published in the journal Earth’s Future and led by researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in...
Plants protect themselves from environmental hazards like insects, drought and heat by producing salicylic acid, also known as aspirin. A new understanding of this process...
The evolution of the brain and nervous system in animals has been wound back more than 400 million years, thanks to the examination of fossil...
Scientists from the University of Birmingham have shown that a brain-penetrating candidate drug currently in development as a cancer therapy can foster regeneration of damaged...
URBANA, Ill. — A University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign research effort led by Pinshane Huang is accelerating imaging techniques to visualize structures of small molecules clearly — a...
As many as 10,000 Australians are predicted to develop lung cancer in their lifetime from being exposed to silica dust, new Curtin University modelling has...
Immunotherapy is a new cancer treatment that activates the body’s immune system to fight against cancer cells without using chemotherapy or radiotherapy. It has fewer...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – July 11, 2022 – Rady Children's Institute for Genomic Medicine® (RCIGM) today announced that Wendy Benson, Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer,...
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Oregon State University fossil research has revealed an exquisite merger of art and science: a long-stemmed flower of a newly described plant...
Triptans, a commonly prescribed class of migraine drugs, may also be useful in treating obesity, a new study by scientists at UT Southwestern suggests. In studies...
LA JOLLA–– (July 11, 2022) Insect-eating plants have fascinated biologists for more than a century, but how plants evolved the ability to capture and consume...
The amount of carbon stored by microscopic plankton will increase in the coming century, predict researchers at the University of Bristol and the National Oceanography...
In 2019, astronomers observed the nearest example to date of a star that was shredded, or “spaghettified,” after approaching too close to a massive black...
If you are moaning once again about your suitcase being far too small as your vacation approaches, you should take human sperm cells as an...
A unique Mount Sinai study focused on a multi-ethnic, underserved community in New York City shows that young Black adults are twice as likely to...
