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Credit: NASA Sulphur is found in many different compounds throughout the world - not only in the atmosphere, but also in the oceans and on...

November 1, 2018 - The key to lasting protection against influenza may be in your bones. The cells that naturally protect you against illness originate...

Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center When comparing standard-of-care surgical options for women with early-stage cervical cancer, two studies led by researchers at The University of...

When humans cut contiguous tropical forests into smaller fragments, ecologists say, forests along the edges of those fragments tend to experience a number of changes...

Credit: Matt Miller Patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), an aggressive cancer of the blood, often are treated with stem cell transplantation, in which a...

Credit: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US Dept. of Energy Transportation--Going with the flow Self-driving cars promise to keep traffic moving smoothly and reduce fuel usage,...

PHILADELPHIA - Penn Medicine emergency department physicians are calling for more readily available testing strips to identify the presence of fentanyl in patients experiencing a...

Multiple myeloma (MM) is the second most common type of blood cancer where cancer cells accumulate in the bone marrow, crowding out healthy blood cells....

If you want to understand how the cell membrane works, Adam Cohen says, look no further than your kitchen. Cohen, a Professor of Chemistry and...

Credit: Reproduced with permission from reference 1 © 2018 John Wiley and Sons The lack of tools to be able to pinpoint anomalies in large...

KEY FINDINGS UCLA researchers have discovered a new protein factor that contributes to a fibroblast cell's ability to migrate to a wound and participate in...

Mercury is an incredibly stubborn toxin. Once it is emitted from the smokestacks of coal-fired power plants, among other sources, the gas can drift through...

Credit: Kanako Niimori-Kita A research group from Kumamoto University, Japan has discovered a new neurogenic mechanism responsible for brain development. By applying proprietary technology to...

Credit: Chen Z, et al. (2018) Cancer-causing human papillomaviruses (HPVs) diverged from their most recent common ancestors approximately half a million years ago, roughly coinciding...

Credit: Jacob Arthur Pritchard for The Rockefeller University For decades, doctors have been using antibiotics to fight tuberculosis (TB). And consistently, the microbe responsible for...