Credit: Rutgers University Tiny, glowing crystals designed to detect and capture heavy-metal toxins such as lead and mercury could prove ...

Credit: Sean Mattson, STRI Bottlenose dolphins in Panama's Bocas Del Toro Archipelago should be designated as endangered say the authors ...

Credit: Mark R. McNeill Contaminated soil frequently arrives at the borders through transported items, and is widely recognised as a ...

Credit: CNIC Scientists at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (CNIC) have identified a possible therapeutic target for ...

The human brain may be the most complex piece of organized matter in the known universe, but Allen Institute researchers ...

Credit: Steve Zylius / UCI Irvine, Calif., Nov. 3, 2016 — Few treatments exist for bacteria-caused intestinal inflammation that leads ...

Credit: Lauren Brent Some individual animals are prone to social isolation, new research suggests. The study of rhesus macaques showed ...

AUGUSTA, Ga. (Sept. 7, 2016) – Scientists are trying to turn up the heat-burning ability of brown fat with the ...

Credit: Penn Nursing PHILADELPHIA (October 13, 2017) – Nurse bioethicists are a small but special subset of the nursing profession ...

Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA–(December 5, 2016) Ever since researchers connected the shortening of telomeres–the protective structures on the ends ...

Credit: Courtesy of MSU EAST LANSING, Mich. – When trace elements rise to toxic levels, bad things happen. Patients suffering ...

Credit: BYU Photo When it comes to strengthening your mental or emotional health, would you trust an app? A trio ...

Credit: The University of Montana courtesy photo MISSOULA – Climate change is melting glaciers, reducing sea-ice cover and increasing wildlife ...

Credit: Özlem Demir, University of California, San Diego Surgery and radiation remove, kill, or damage cancer cells in a certain ...

Credit: Children's National Health System Human rhinovirus (HRV), the culprit behind most colds, is the leading cause of hospitalization for ...

SILVER SPRING, Md. – The Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR), in collaboration with the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical ...

Credit: Michelle Lampe/Wolf Science Center A good example of the connection between cause and effect, is that an object which ...

LA JOLLA, CA – September 8, 2016 – A series of new studies led by scientists at The Scripps Research ...

ANN ARBOR — Researchers have revealed the molecular structure of a protein produced by the Zika virus that is thought ...

Credit: Image courtesy of Karteek Kadimisetty and the journal ACS Sensors. Copyright 2017 American Chemical Society. A study by chemists ...