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Sitting atop the kidneys, the adrenal gland plays a pivotal role in maintaining a healthy body. Responding to signals from the brain, the gland secretes...

MUSC Hollings Cancer Center researcher Ashish Deshmukh, Ph.D., identified a dramatic recent rise in cervical cancer incidence among women in their early 30s. This work was published...

An international team of scientists investigating transmission of a deadly drug resistant bacteria that rivals MRSA, has found that whilst the bugs are found in...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER (FL), November 21, 2022 – A new remotely controlled drug delivery implant could one day provide extended, adjustable medication for patients who need...

Kennedy Space Center (FL), November 14, 2022 – While millions of Americans plan for the upcoming holidays, a variety of critical research and supplies will head...

(Santa Barbara, Calif.) — Tick bites transmit Lyme disease. But even knowing where these ticks live doesn’t necessarily mean you can predict the disease in...

Irvine, CA – November 21, 2022 – New research from the University of California, Irvine, suggests aging is an important component of retinal ganglion cell...

Gadgets that emit small electrical pulses can drastically cut the number of sharks and stingrays caught accidentally on fishing lines, new research shows.Credit: Fishtek Marine...

HOUSTON – (Nov. 21, 2022) – Kevin McHugh, an assistant professor of bioengineering at Rice University’s George R. Brown School of Engineering, has earned a Distinguished Scientist Award for...

In the past few decades, the use of phase field-modeling equations for mathematical modeling has progressed. Phase separation has been studied extensively in thermodynamics and...

The primitive compound eyes of a horseshoe crab are one the largest to be found in nature. In contrast to many insects and spiders that...

For sharks living in the open ocean, longline fishing is the number-one threat, with an estimated 20 million pelagic sharks caught annually by fishers looking...

Organs in the human body have complex networks of fluid-filled tubes and loops. They come in different shapes and their three-dimensional structures are differently connected...

WHAT:Credit: NIAID WHAT: The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, recently awarded more than $12 million...

The last of the temnospondyls – amphibians that look more like crocodiles – became extinct during the Cretaceous period, about 120 million years ago, after...