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Credit: Osaka University Osaka, Japan -- When a cell divides--a process known as mitosis--its chromosomes need to be separated and evenly distributed into the newly...

Scientists at the University of Birmingham have revealed the roles that different types of gene mutations play in causing blood cancers in a study that...

The threat today to African plants, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and large mammals is unprecedented, caused by a range of both human-induced and natural causes,...

Credit: NIMS NIMS and the Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago have jointly developed a Computer-Aided Material Design (CAMaD) system capable of extracting information related to...

Credit: UoL Scientists at the University of Liverpool have discovered a new and important function of a toxin produced by disease-causing bacteria that could have...

Credit: NIAID/NIH Ball lands in cup; cup triggers spring; spring clamps lever onto ball and holds it tight. That's a rough description of newly discovered...

Women are more likely to smoke during pregnancy if they live in areas with lots of shops selling cigarettes, a study shows. Pregnant women living...

Scientists have made a major discovery that shines a new, explanatory light on the link between obesity and cancer. Their research confirms why the body's...

Credit: NASA/JPL Professor Frank Brenker, geophysicist at Goethe University has been working successfully with Professor Alexandor Kort for years. This gave Krot the impetus to...

Pneumococci are the most common cause of respiratory tract infections, such as otitis and sinusitis, as well as of severe infections like pneumonia and meningitis....

Scientists at the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) have now found a cause for the frequent catastrophic events in the genetic material of...

Credit: Som Energia Cooperativa The transition from fossil to renewable energy sources is a necessary condition for the sustainability of human societies. There are movements...

In the first large-scale analysis of cardiovascular complications linked to immune checkpoint inhibitors, Vanderbilt researchers have shown that heart and vessel complications include myocarditis, per..

Restoring degraded forests is a critical strategy for addressing climate change given the potential for forests to store significant amounts of carbon, both in the...

A pioneering study analyses the photographs shared by citizens in social networks to evaluate the aesthetic consideration of natural landscapes. In the province of Barcelona,...