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Researchers from the University of Liverpool and Alder Hey children's NHS Foundation Trust will join a UK-wide effort, including colleagues from five other universities, to...

New research, published in Nature Scientific Reports, conducted by the University and partners highlights effective methods for identifying a common side effect in children receiving...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Worries about the extra time needed to walk or bike to work is a big reason people hop into their cars...

Credit: Photo by Mary Donaldson, Vanderbilt A swarm of cicadas that left thousands of insect carcasses across the Vanderbilt University campus in 2011 is leading...

Credit: David Broadway, University of Melbourne Researchers at the University of Melbourne have developed a technique which could increase the sensitivity of magnetic resonance imaging...

Credit: Courtesy: NIDA IRP and Dr. Sergi Ferré Scientists at the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Intramural Research Program (IRP) have uncovered evidence that...

Regular and intensive meditation sessions over the course of a lifetime could help a person remain attentive and focussed well into old age. This is...

Researchers from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) have shown the large potential impact of a completely new type of antimalarial drug that kills...

Credit: Photo: Dirk Becker Based on what we know today, the plant hormone auxin influences all aspects of plant growth and development. It makes corn...

Credit: ETH Zurich / Morris Koechle Searching for new drugs is like fishing in the dark: the prospect of catching something is very uncertain, and...

The International Human Frontier Science Program Organization (HFSPO) announced today over $34 million over the coming 3 years to support the top 4% of the...

Credit: Skoltech An international team of scientists jointly with Professor Artem Oganov of Skoltech and the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology worked out the...

What makes particles self-assemble into complex biological structures? Often, this phenomenon is due to the competition between forces of attraction and repulsion, produced by electric...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. --Mothers with mitochondrial DNA mutations often give birth to children who face incurable and fatal illnesses. But a much-studied form of mitochondrial replacement..

Credit: Baylor College of Medicine A new discovery opens the possibility of developing a novel way to fight ovarian cancer. Researchers at Baylor College of...