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New Haven, Conn. -- In a new study, Yale researchers offer insight into leptin, a hormone that plays a key role in appetite, overeating, and...

What you do is what the robot doesCredit: Purdue University/Jared Pike WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- If any factory worker could program low-cost robots, then more...

Gene modifiers may explain why symptoms and severity vary in CMT and other inherited diseases, according to research published in the Journal of Neuromuscular Diseases...

This breakthrough brings researchers closer than ever to a norovirus vaccine Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global...

Credit: Giovanni Volpe When studying biological cells using optical tweezers, one main issue is the damage caused to the cell by the tool. Giovanni Volpe,...

Credit: Jespah Holthof, University of Konstanz Combining research-oriented teaching and interdisciplinary collaboration pays off: Researchers at the University of Konstanz develop a novel spectroscopic approach...

DNA, the hereditary material, may have appeared on Earth earlier than has been assumed hitherto. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich chemists led by Oliver Trapp show...

Antidepressant treatment, not only depression per se, can lead to reductions in behavioral and neural responses to pain empathy Depression is a disorder that often...

Credit: Image: AG Gaubatz / University of Wuerzburg In malignant tumours, the cells usually proliferate quickly and uncontrollably. A research team from the Biocenter of...

A new article published by researchers from University of Puget Sound and University of Washington reports that, based on analysis of public wastewater samples in...

Fadis Murzakhanov, graduate student of the Institute of Physics, elaborates on his research Mr. Murzakhanov's master thesis is dedicated to magnetic resonance-assisted observations of hydroxyapatite...

Scientists in the FinnBrain research project of the University of Turku, Finland, discovered that the gut microbes of a 2.5-month-old infant are associated with the...

While stories in the media present automation as having the potential to eliminate large swaths of jobs in the near future, a new study by...

Adequate intake of protein is associated with a reduced risk of frailty and prefrailty in older women, according to a new study from the University...

GRETE, the Green chemicals and technologies for the wood-to-textile value chain project, has been granted EUR 2.6 million by the Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking (BBI...