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Credit: Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- Engineers at Duke University have developed a way to manipulate, split and mix droplets of biological fluids by having...

Detectors that are presently used for mammograms and for dose measurements in radiotherapy are often rigid, causing errors in screening, or dose delivery to surrounding...

Sophia Antipolis, July 26, 2018: Older, overweight scuba divers are being urged to shed pounds to avoid an underwater heart attack. That's the advice from...

Bottom Line: A diet that encourages both healthy eating and physical activity and discourages alcohol consumption was associated with a reduced overall cancer risk, as...

Bottom Line: A panel of 19 microRNAs identified using next-generation sequencing could categorize indeterminate thyroid nodule samples into malignant and benign. Journal in Which the...

A new gene associated with disease severity in models of rheumatoid arthritis has been identified by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount...

Credit: Allen Institute The Allen Institute for Brain Science, a division of the Allen Institute, today announced the launch of OpenScope, a project that will...

Credit: Courtesy of MSU EAST LANSING, Mich. - Deforestation remains the biggest threat to animals that call the rain forest "home." However, even measured, sensible...

Credit: Garvan Institute of Medical Research A naturally occurring hormone could help make chemotherapy much more effective for many Australians with lung cancer, according to...

Credit: Nemours Children's Health System Zika virus, long feared for its severe effects on pregnant mothers and unborn babies, may hold potential as a cancer...

Credit: VA photo by Jeff Bowen, for illustrative purposes only Regular cancer screenings can lower the chance of death from lung cancer. But they cannot...

Credit: Scott Schrage, University of Nebraska-Lincoln In 1977, researcher Rudolf Thauer proposed a theoretical ceiling on the amount of hydrogen that bacteria could produce via...

Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (July 25, 2018) - The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Basic Energy Sciences has awarded Rice University researchers...

Credit: Kevin Fitzsimons, The Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio - The reproductive history of the unisexual, ladies-only salamander species is full of evolutionary surprises. In...

Credit: Suel Lab, UC San Diego It's the way we end up with a fresh cup of coffee from a clump of beans. It's how...