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Credit: Andrea Pires dos Santos (CC BY 4.0) Rickettsia bacteria cause a number of human and animal infections, including Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Now, researchers...

CORVALLIS, Ore. - Researchers at Oregon State University have made an important advance in understanding the roles that gut bacteria play in human health. Learning...

Researchers make graphene tunable, opening up its band gap to a record 2.1 electronvoltsCredit: Purdue University image/Gary Cheng WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- In 2004, researchers...

Effective methods of controlling mosquito populations are needed to help lower the worldwide burden of mosquito-borne diseases including Zika, chikungunya, and dengue. Now, researchers reporting...

Technology developed at the University of Maryland could safely reduce malaria mosquito populations, including insecticide-resistant strainsCredit: Oliver Zida According to the World Health Organization, malaria...

Pairing of glutamine-targeting drug and ketogenic diet fights glioblastoma in mice, international team reports in Communications Biology Chestnut Hill, Mass. (5/30/2019) - Researchers have paired...

DeepMind researchers have taught artificially intelligent gamers to play a popular 3D multiplayer first-person video game with human-like skills - a previously insurmountable task. The...

Credit: CNIO Radiotherapy, a common treatment for cancer, is one of the most effective ways to destroy cancer cells and shrink tumours. Around 50% of...

Research study first to show multiple genes working together to cause diseaseCredit: Lauren Bayless, Gladstone Institutes Congenital heart disease occurs in up to 1% of...

Findings suggest hand hygiene is key, but more methods needed to fight multidrug-resistant infectionCredit: David Dorward; Ph.D.; National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. An...

Women, but not men, are often still described as "hormonal" or "emotional," an outdated stereotype that poses a critical problem for public health, writes Rebecca...

Credit: Yasuyuki Hata How did some marine fish manage to make their way from the salty sea to the newly available freshwater niches after the...

Credit: NIST Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have teleported a computer circuit instruction known as a quantum logic operation between...

Researchers show dredging caused widespread damage to Florida's coral reefsCredit: UM Rosenstiel School and Miami Waterkeeper MIAMI--A team of researchers including scientists at the University...

Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A recent study of the forensic evidence in 563 sexual assault cases in Massachusetts found "striking...