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Credit: Richard Gross Alzheimer's disease patients lose up to 60% of a component called plasmalogen from the membranes of the cells in their brains, but...

Starting about 7,000 years ago, something weird seems to have happened to men: Over the next two millennia, recent studies suggest, their genetic diversity -specifically,...

Credit: Tatjana Abaffy DURHAM, N.C. -- When scientists first described the receptors responsible for our sense of smell, they naturally assumed that these chemical sensors...

WASHINGTON--Male thyroid cancer survivors have a nearly 50 percent higher risk of developing heart disease than women within five years of cancer diagnosis, according to...

Credit: IBS An international team has developed a model that simulates protein evolution. Starting from stiff, unfunctional proteins, the computer model shows how evolving protein...

Credit: A. Artusio-Glimpse/NIST >[email protected] Orlando, FL - High-power lasers are now widely used in additive manufacturing and laser welding systems to precisely cut and weld...

Credit: Binghamton University, State University at New York BINGHAMTON, N.Y. - A research team led by faculty at Binghamton University, State University at New York...

Credit: University of Kansas LAWRENCE -- For more than 20 years, scientists managing biological research collections around the world have used open-source Specify software for...

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, May 29, 2018 -- A case study and subsequent literature review has concluded that absent signs...

Credit: ML4.org Mucolipidosis IV debilitates afflicted children's nervous systems in their first year of life, steals their eyesight in their teens and takes their lives...

Credit: Courtesy of the researchers Compression therapy is a standard form of treatment for patients who suffer from venous ulcers and other conditions in which...

An invisible layer of biological compounds on the sea surface reduces the rate at which carbon dioxide gas moves between the atmosphere and the oceans,...

A group of scientists led by researchers from the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) have examined the soluble precursor of spider silk and...

Credit: (c) MPI-P The fungal disease "Esca" infects grapevines and causes great financial damage to winegrowers every year. The fungus infects the vine trunks and...

The cost of building new nuclear power plants is nearly 20 per cent higher than expected due to delays, a new analysis has found. A...