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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Persistent lung inflammation may be one possible explanation for why having asthma during childhood increases your risk for developing anxiety later...

LOS ANGELES (Sept. 25, 2018) -- A newly developed drug can prevent the most common type of pancreatic cancer from growing and spreading in laboratory...

Researchers from The University of Queensland (UQ) and the University of Münster (WWU) have purified and visualized the 'Cyclic Electron Flow' (CEF) supercomplex, a critical...

DURHAM, N.C. -- Red plums. Green melons. Purple figs. Ripe fruits come in an array of greens, yellows, oranges, browns, reds and purples. Scientists say...

Credit: University of Copenhagen Science projects within controversial fields such as synthetic biology could benefit from experimenting with communication settings in which experts share their...

(New York, NY - September 24, 2018) -- Researchers at Mount Sinai have discovered that an antimicrobial protein found in the gut can stave off...

Credit: Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute LA JOLLA , CALIF. - Sept. 24, 2018 - Unlike most cells in the rest of our body,...

Coral reefs have long faced problems like overfishing, global warming and pollution -- but they're also threatened by how slow they regenerate. To reproduce, coral...

Credit: Elizabeth Archie, University of Notre Dame The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced 29 awards in support of Understanding the Rules of Life, one of...

Credit: Wei Lü and Juan Du GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (September 24, 2018) -- A team led by Van Andel Research Institute (VARI) scientists has revealed...

Diets high in carbohydrates reduce body weight and body fat and improve insulin function in overweight individuals, according to a new study published in Nutrients....

Credit: Rocky Mountain Laboratories, NIAID, NIH UC Davis researchers announce in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences this week a breakthrough in understanding...

Credit: Rusterholz et al., JNeurosci (2018) Some patterns of electrical activity generated by the brain during sleep are inherited, according to a study of teenage...

Credit: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Australia Melbourne researchers have discovered a way to halt the invasion of the toxoplasmosis-causing parasite into cells, depriving the...

Children, like adults, can improve their response to difficult tasks by the power of group work, new research led by the University of Bristol has...