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Credit: (Image: IMM / UZH) What used to take several weeks is now possible in two days: thanks to new molecular-based methods, mycobacterial pathogens that...

Credit: Pierre Fabre and Lucille Lopez-Delisle/EPFL The genes that are involved in the development of the fetus are activated in different tissues and at different...

Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Although it's been clear that seizures are linked to memory loss and other cognitive deficits in patients with Alzheimer's disease,...

Known for snow rather than sun, Michigan's Upper Peninsula could still support a significant network of solar photovoltaic (PV) energy systems. Solar energy alone in...

Credit: Paul Rogers/Utah State University LOGAN, UTAH, USA — If you're depending on a room filled with 90-year-olds to repopulate and save the human race,...

Credit: Virginia Tech A paper published in Nature Communications by Virginia Tech researchers confirms a major feature in the formation of large igneous provinces —...

Credit: Photo: Heather Stockdale Walden GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida researchers have found rat lungworm, a parasitic nematode that can cause meningitis in humans...

Credit: RIKEN A new study from the laboratory of Hiroki Ueda at the RIKEN Quantitative Biology Center investigates circadian timekeeping with a novel approach to...

Polishing an apple with your shirt might remove some dust and dirt, but getting rid of pesticide residues could take a little more work. Researchers...

A research team led by Associate Professor Ishii Roaki and Doctoral Student Azuma Wakana from the Kobe University Graduate School of Agricultural Science has discovered...

Credit: A.J. Haverkamp. Previous studies of flocks, swarms, and schools suggest that animal societies may verge on a "critical" point–in other words, they are extremely...

Credit: Nash Turley Concerns about biodiversity tend to focus on the loss of species from ecosystems, but a new study suggests that the loss of...

Credit: Photo: Evind Sennetset Researchers at the University of Bergen (UiB) in Norway were surprised when they found that intestinal worms, so-called Helminths (Toxocara Canis)...

Credit: Sandra Tavares, IGC. A study published now on Nature Communications* shows that breast cancer cells undergo a stiffening state prior to acquiring malignant features...

Credit: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Photo Two University of Wyoming researchers led a voyage to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean and discovered five previously...