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Gun violence in the United States has increased to the point that it now kills more children than any other cause, including car accidents, and...

DURHAM, N.C. – The virus that causes COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, can directly infect a specialized type of kidney cell. The discovery helps explain why acute kidney...

A new dual delivery system designed to sequentially release BMP2 and IGF1 in microparticles in an injectable hydrogel successfully healed an 8-mm cranial defect in...

When two people meet, they instantly size each other up, making snap judgments about everything from the other person’s age to their intelligence or trustworthiness...

A record-setting rainstorm over Kaua‘i, Hawai‘i in April 2018 resulted in severe flash flooding and estimated damage of nearly $180 million.  The deluge damaged or...

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- MIT chemists have devised a new chemical reaction that allows them to synthesize a phosphorus-containing ring, using a catalyst to add phosphorus...

Although symptoms of advanced Alzheimer’s disease are well known, diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease in its earliest stages requires careful cognitive testing by neurologists. Credit: © 2022...

NAIROBI, Kenya, 21 April 2022__ A serendipitous discovery has led researchers from the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in Kenya and the Roslin Institute at...

New research from the University of Sheffield has revealed how fungus blocks and bursts blood vessels in the brain, helping scientists better understand how meningitis...

Imagine a stone wall in the countryside. Tightly packed, one stone sits on top of the other filling the tiniest gaps. A seemingly unbreachable obstacle....

The global eradication of smallpox in the 1980s was achieved by intradermal vaccination with vaccinia virus. A study published in PLOS Pathogens by Evgeniya V....

Do a person’s antibodies work to block the COVID-19 virus from infecting one’s system? Are these antibodies also capable of blocking emerging variants such as the...

Abnormalities in a type of brain cell called astrocytes may play a pivotal role in causing some behavioral symptoms of autism spectrum disorders, according to...

Stan Wullschleger, associate laboratory director for biological and environmental systems science at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, is the recipient of the...

BROOKLYN, New York, Thursday, April 21, 2022 – The NYU Tandon School of Engineering will showcase over 40 innovative and future-forward research projects by faculty...