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CHAPEL HILL, NC – Mucus is an essential protective layer of gel-like liquid composed largely of proteins called mucins throughout our airways. One of them,...

The process how our species dispersed into new environments at that time represents an important evolutionary turning point that ultimately led to Homo sapiens populating...

A new study from the Kalahari Desert finds that teamwork allows birds to cope with brutally unpredictable environments.Credit: Andrew Young A new study from the...

UTICA, NY — It’s not uncommon for people to live normal, healthy lives without knowledge of any underlying genetic conditions. However, all it takes is...

A University of Houston biomedical engineer has been awarded $2.8 million by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke to improve the control of robotic...

The heady math that describes how bubbles form in a glass of Champagne has inspired a framework for engineering living cells.Credit: Image courtesy of the...

Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) researchers report in Molecular Cancer Research that they have identified specific sugar structures that correlate to different subtypes of hepatocellular carcinoma,...

AMES, Iowa – The researchers’ original task was to figure out how certain polymer nanomaterials provided for a low-inflammatory immune response and yet were able...

The hauling of rope on maritime vessels could result in billions of microplastic fragments entering the ocean every year, according to new research.Credit: University of...

Two University of Wyoming researchers decided to pick each other’s brain, so to speak. Specifically, they examined the importance of the frontal cortex, the portion...

A team of paleontologists from the University of Washington and its Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture excavated four dinosaurs in northeastern Montana this...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECredit: PNAS Dec. 10, 2002, Copyright (2002) National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Cancer-fighting immune cells in patients with lung cancer...

WASHINGTON, September 21, 2021 -- Consciousness remains one of the brain's biggest mysteries. We know very little about how it emerges from activity within the...

Charles Darwin was obsessed with domestic pigeons. He thought they held the secrets of selection in their beaks. Free from the bonds of natural selection,...

Tokyo, Japan – It’s well known that obesity is linked to the development of numerous diseases in humans. Heart disease, diabetes, and other ailments are...