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Credit: Paul Kruszka, et al. Researchers with the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health, and their collaborators, have...

Credit: WCS/Panthera Jakarta, Indonesia (Oct. 23, 2017) – A new scientific publication from WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) and the Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park Authority...

Lack of sleep has previously been found to impact the activation of the immune system, inflammation, carbohydrate metabolism and the hormones that regulate appetite. Now...

Credit: Kyoto University iCeMS Researchers at Kyoto University's Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS) in Japan have designed a small 'body-on-a-chip' device that can..

Credit: BYU Photo Researchers at BYU are the first to 3D-print a viable microfluidic device small enough to be effective at a scale much less...

Credit: Photo by Randy Montoya ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The lab is calm and quiet, clean and well organized; boxes of tiny needles and sample tubes...

Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A team of University of Illinois bioengineers has taken a new look at an old tool...

PHILADELPHIA–Physicians and others now recognize that seemingly mild, concussion-type head injuries lead to long-term cognitive impairments surprisingly often. A brain protein called SNTF, which rises..

Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, March 28, 2017 — We have a lot of confidence that we measure temperature accurately. But how do thermometers...

Credit: Joseph A. Toonen Girls with a rare genetic disorder caused by mutations in a gene known as Nf1 are much more likely to lose...

Credit: Figure: Carolin Heck/KIT Many fungi damage or even kill plants. But there are also plant-friendly fungi: Most land plants live in close community with...

Credit: Pavel Krasnov A group of scientists from the Siberian Federal University (SFU, Krasnoyarsk, Russia) and the Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry (NIIC, Novosibirsk, Russia)...

Babies with a high body mass index (BMI) at age two months are at risk for obesity at age two years, say pediatric researchers. The...

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, N.Y., July 26, 2017–A new study assessed the safety, tolerability, and effectiveness of extended-release guanfacine in children...

Credit: Vania Olmos Lau International trade of wildlife on the Internet is highly unregulated and has become a threat for species survival. Threatened cacti are...