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Credit: ML4.org Mucolipidosis IV debilitates afflicted children's nervous systems in their first year of life, steals their eyesight in their teens and takes their lives...

Credit: Courtesy of the researchers Compression therapy is a standard form of treatment for patients who suffer from venous ulcers and other conditions in which...

An invisible layer of biological compounds on the sea surface reduces the rate at which carbon dioxide gas moves between the atmosphere and the oceans,...

A group of scientists led by researchers from the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) have examined the soluble precursor of spider silk and...

Credit: (c) MPI-P The fungal disease "Esca" infects grapevines and causes great financial damage to winegrowers every year. The fungus infects the vine trunks and...

The cost of building new nuclear power plants is nearly 20 per cent higher than expected due to delays, a new analysis has found. A...

The University of Surrey has created a new mathematical model that details how the Hepatitis C (HCV) infection develops and behaves more accurately than previous...

A University of Cordoba research group has designed a method that detects the presence of pollutants in seawater in a faster and more efficient way...

Credit: Lobachevsky University For the first time, hormesis and paradoxical effects have been shown to occur commonly in plants upon exposure to formaldehyde, which is...

Credit: Li Lab, CSHL Cold Spring Harbor, NY -- Neuroscientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) have identified a neural circuit in the amygdala, the...

A new doctoral thesis from Lund University in Sweden shows how fruit flies use their sense of smell and humidity to find food, avoid dehydration...

Credit: Daniel Castranova, NICHD/NIH Loss of eye tissue in blind cavefish (Astyanax mexicanus), which occurs within a few days of their development, happens through epigenetic...

Credit: (Image courtesy of the Disease Biophysics Group/Harvard University) In the quest to build an artificial cell, there are two approaches: The first, reengineers the...

Credit: Sinisa Vukelic/Columbia Engineering New York, NY--May 29, 2018--Nearsightedness, or myopia, is an increasing problem around the world. There are now twice as many people...

For efficient cancer therapy with few side effects, the active drug should selectively attain high concentration in the tumor. In the journal Angewandte Chemie, scientists...