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Researchers at the University of California San Diego have developed a genome-scale model that can accurately predict how E. coli ...

Space radiation won’t stop NASA’s human exploration

Credit: NASA While it's true that space radiation is one of the biggest challenges for a human journey to Mars, ...

First atomic structure from UTSW’s cryo-EM facility

Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - Oct. 11, 2017 - UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers today published a 3-D atomic structure ...

NUS researchers develop 4-in-1 smart utilities plant custom-made for tropical climate

Credit: National University of Singapore A research breakthrough achieved by a team led by Associate Professor Ernest Chua from the ...

Achieving high-value chemical diversity for the pharmaceutical artificial intelligence

Credit: Insilico Medicine, Inc. Friday, October 13th, 2017, Baltimore, Maryland: Insilico Medicine announces the publication of a new research paper ...

Usutu virus is back — not only in blackbirds but also in humans

Credit: Georg Mair/Vetmeduni Vienna Usutu virus, a flavivirus of African origin, was first detected in Austria in 2001, when it ...

Scientists uncover a centuries-old case of mistaken identity in the Chesapeake Bay

Credit: Smithsonian Institution Jellyfish sting swimmers, clog fishing nets, and in high numbers can close beaches. But despite their nuisance ...

Mimetic Martian water is under pressure

Researchers investigating whether liquid water could exist on Mars have provided new insight into the limits of life on the ...

New mechanism detected in Alzheimer’s disease

McGill University researchers have discovered a cellular mechanism that may contribute to the breakdown of communication between neurons in Alzheimer's ...

Study finds N-alpha-acetyltransferase D (NatD) promotes lung cancer progression

Researchers at Nanjing University and their collaborators have found that NatD, which mediates N-alpha-terminal acetylation (Nt-acetylation) of histone H4, promotes ...

Baltic clams and worms release as much greenhouse gas as 20,000 dairy cows

Scientists have shown that ocean clams and worms are releasing a significant amount of potentially harmful greenhouse gas into the ...

Learning and staying in shape key to longer lifespan, study finds

People who are overweight cut their life expectancy by two months for every extra kilogramme of weight they carry, research ...

Restless legs syndrome study identifies 13 new genetic risk variants

A new study into the genetics underlying restless legs syndrome has identified 13 previously-unknown genetic risk variants, while helping inform ...

Mantis shrimp-inspired camera enables glimpse into hidden world

Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer. CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- By mimicking the eye of the mantis shrimp, Illinois researchers have ...

Scientists pinpoint surprising origin of melanoma

Led by Jean-Christophe Marine (VIB-KU Leuven), a team of researchers has tracked down the cellular origin of cutaneous melanoma, the ...

Chemistry provides a new supply of a promising cancer and HIV treatment

A drug isolated from a marine pest holds promise for treating some of the world's nastiest diseases, and researchers would ...

New regions of the human genome linked to skin color variation in some African populations

In the first study of its kind, an international team of genomics researchers has identified new regions of the human ...

USC team finds a potentially better way to treat liver cancer

Credit: Keck School of Medicine of USC/Linya Wang A Keck School of Medicine of USC research team has identified how ...

Taming the hairy ball: Scientists use mixed reality to explore complex biological networks

Credit: Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) Worcester, Mass. - They call it the "hairy ball." It's an unflattering name for two-dimensional ...

3-D packaging of DNA regulates cell identity