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Scientists have discovered a drug combination that could halt the progression of fibrosis - a condition believed to be responsible for almost half of all...

Credit: A. Bergs, A. Gottschalk. Finding food and staying at a food source are crucial survival strategies in the animal world. But how are external...

The study of children in Shanghai, from birth to three years, found that exposure to fine particles (PM2.5) from vehicle exhausts, industrial emissions and other...

The left and the right hemispheres specialise in different tasks. However, it has not yet been fully understood how one hemisphere assumes dominance over the...

Credit: Arima Genomics, Inc. SAN DIEGO-- Arima Genomics, Inc., a biotechnology company empowering researchers to apply long-range genetic sequence and structure information towards the understanding..

Credit: Courtesy of Dr. Alexandray Mystikou and Prof. Shady Amin. Fast facts: Recent research shows that corals' resistance to disease depends on their ability to...

Credit: Alina-Stavroula Kampouri/EPFL Some of the most useful and versatile materials today are the metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). MOFs are a class of materials demonstrating structural...

Credit: Emma Vought, Medical University of South Carolina Delayed care is a crtically important factor in the survival of patients with head and neck cancer,...

Researchers from North Carolina State University have identified proteins that may be useful in both earlier diagnosis of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and in more...

TORONTO - Approximately 500 billion cups of coffee are consumed worldwide each year. A new study out of the Krembil Brain Institute, part of the...

Adults who sleep just six hours per night -- as opposed to eight -- may have a higher chance of being dehydrated, according to a...

(Santa Barbara, Calif.) -- For decades, consensus among psychologists has held that a cluster of five personality traits -- or a slight variation thereof --...

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, November 5, 2018--Researchers have developed a mouse model expressing the human tau protein and subjected it...

Credit: Jill Johnson, UNTHSC While studying a rare genetic disorder called NGLY1 deficiency, University of North Texas Health Science Center (UNTHSC) researchers discovered a new...

Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University Rice University scientists have found a simple method to attach drugs or other substances to antibodies, the powerful proteins that are...