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OAK BROOK, Ill. – Airway inflammation and emphysema are more common in marijuana smokers than cigarette smokers, according to a study published in Radiology, a...

Unlike humans, turtles, lizards and other reptiles – such as crocodiles – do not have sex chromosomes. Their sex is determined based on the environment,...

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. -- A Binghamton University-led center that brings together academic and industry experts to reduce the energy consumed by data centers recently earned a new...

The behavior of sperm cells is due, in part, to the individual DNA make-up of these cells, rather than only to the genetics of males,...

FRANKFURT. So far, little is known about the interior of neutron stars, those extremely compact objects that can form after the death of a star:...

Artificial intelligence has revealed that prehistoric footprints thought to be made by a vicious dinosaur predator were in fact from a timid herbivore.Credit: Dr Anthony...

Recent impressive advances in mass transfer techniques have proven to be a promising solution to overcome the extreme requirements of assembling microLED chips. including laser...

Children who experience adversity, including serious family illness or death, poverty, neglect, or dysfunctional and stressful family relationships, are at increased risk of developing diseases...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Two factors contribute to the lung disease bronchopulmonary dysplasia, or BPD, in extremely premature infants — the high oxygen concentrations that premature...

Ten months after transplanting the first genetically-modified pig heart into a human patient, University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) researchers continue to report on...

NEWPORT, Ore. – Scientists have identified off the coast of Ecuador a distinct population of oceanic manta rays that is more than 10 times larger...

Researchers have observed a wild chimpanzee showing an object to its mother simply for sharing’s sake – social behaviour previously thought to be unique to...

A Lehigh University research team is playing a key role in a multi-institution Energy Frontier Research Center (EFRC) renewed in September by the U.S. Department of Energy...

Joseph A. Califano III, MD, has been named director of Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego Health. Credit: UC San Diego Health Joseph A. Califano...

Tucked underneath the brain’s outer, wrinkly cortex is a deeply mysterious area, known as the claustrum.  This region has long been known to exchange signals...