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Credit: Dalton Hesley MIAMI--The University of Miami's (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science announced today a two-year award from the National Oceanic and...

S. R. Nandakumar, a graduate student in electrical engineering, has won a coveted IBM Ph.D. fellowship to support his work on computer systems that mimic...

EDINBURGH, Scotland - Autism, paralysis, and persistent, medication-resistant pain are among the challenges that emerging companies and organizations hope to alleviate through neuromodulation therapy...

Much of what scientists know about human memory comes from studies involving relatively simple acts of recollection--remembering lists of words or associations between names and...

PHILADELPHIA, PA--(April 19, 2017)--After two decades and just under 300 award winners, The Sidney Kimmel Foundation has selected the final 15 research scientists and medical...

Credit: Klein Lab / UCSF Researchers hope to one day use stem cells to heal burns, patch damaged heart tissue, even grow kidneys and other...

Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) cancer researcher James Goldenring, M.D., Ph.D., has received a two-year, $200,000 grant from the DeGregorio Family Foundation in Pleasantville, New...

DENVER - Elderly patients with early-stage esophageal cancer that received treatment had an increased 5-year overall survival when compared to patients who received observation with...

MINNEAPOLIS - (April 27, 2017) - A small portion of Medicare beneficiaries account for half of Medicare spending, and forty percent of that spending is...

Credit: Credits: NASA/JAXA, Hal Pierce Vertical wind shear can weaken a tropical cyclone and that's what's happening to the now weaker Tropical Depression Muifa in...

Credit: University of Utah When it comes to crime and punishment, how judges dish out prison sentences is anything but a game. But students from...

Credit: U.S. Navy / Matthew Poynor WASHINGTON -- Researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory's (NRL) Chemistry Division have developed a safer alternative to fire-prone...

Credit: Tom Maniatis/Columbia's Zuckerman Institute NEW YORK -- Columbia scientists have identified a gene that allows neurons that release serotonin -- a neurotransmitter that regulates...

While increased carbon dioxide levels theoretically boost the productivity of nitrogen-fixing bacteria in the world's oceans, because of its "fertilizing" effect, a new study reveals...

(Santa Barbara, Calif.) -- The most barren regions known are the far-flung corners of intergalactic space. In these vast expanses between the galaxies there is...