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Credit: K.V. Agrawal/EPFL In the chemical and the petrochemical industries, separating molecules in an energy-efficient way is one of the most important challenges. Overall, the...

Credit: Michael Poellmann MADISON, Wis. - Tumor cells circulating throughout the body in blood vessels have long been feared as harbingers of metastasizing cancer -...

Working with lab-grown human brain cells, Johns Hopkins researchers report they have uncovered a much sought-after connection between one of the most common genetic mutations...

Once herpes simplex infects a person, the virus goes into hiding inside nerve cells, hibernating there for life, periodically waking up from its sleep to...

Canadian bread product saltiest in survey of global bread products Some breads surveyed had as much sodium (salt) as seawater (1) More than a third...

Credit: Ludwig Cancer Research A Ludwig Cancer Research study shows that ovarian cancer, which has proved resistant to currently available immunotherapies, could be susceptible to...

CHICAGO --- It's well known that a morning cup of joe jolts you awake. But scientists have discovered coffee affects your metabolism in dozens of...

DALLAS, March 15, 2018 - Blacks often have higher exposure to air pollution than whites, which may partially explain their higher risk heart disease and...

Credit: Credit: Johns Hopkins Medicine In a new Johns Hopkins study, researchers have added to evidence that Trichomonas vaginalis (TV), the world's most common curable...

Cambridge, Mass. - March 15, 2018 - A minimally invasive surgical device to be commercialized by a newly launched startup could fundamentally transform the way...

March 15, 2018 -- A study by researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health finds that cigars commonly used to roll blunts--hollowed out...

Credit: Ånund Killingtveit/NTNU Hydropower is the world's top provider of renewable energy, producing a whopping 16 per cent of the global energy supply. That's a...

Credit: SFU The United Nations predicts that by 2050 our growing global population will require 70 per cent more food than is available today. Compounding...

PHOENIX, Ariz. and Atlanta, Ga. -- March 12, 2018 -- Destroy Pancreatic Cancer, an Atlanta-based non-profit dedicated to finding better treatments for the most deadly...

Credit: Laura Romin and Larry Dalton. A breakthrough by Australian scientists has brought the introduction of an unlikely hero in the global fight against antibiotic...