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Credit: Brandon Martin/Rice University An ecological filter in a pond, such as voracious fish that feed on dragonflies and damselflies, can help ecologists predict how...

Credit: (Image courtesy of Harvard SEAS) The ability to deliver cargo like drugs or DNA into cells is essential for biological research and disease therapy...

Credit: Image courtesy of Kazuhiro Suzuki. Researchers in Japan have discovered that the adrenergic nervous system controls when white blood cells circulate through the body,...

Credit: George Gittes and Xiangwei Xiao Type 1 diabetes is a chronic disease in which the immune system attacks and destroys insulin-producing beta cells in...

Credit: Osaka University Osaka – Printed replacement human body parts might seem like science fiction, but this technology is rapidly becoming a reality with the...

Credit: Ken Moberg. We can learn a lot about somebody from the friends they hang out with. This applies to people and also to genes...

Credit: Ullas Karanth/WCS New study says despite direct competition, tigers, leopards, and dholes are living side by side in protected areas Tigers and dholes are...

In a world first, Kumamoto University researchers have shown mouse kidney capillaries successfully connecting to kidney tissue which was derived from human iPS cells. This...

Credit: Courtesy of the Bronner laboratory Lamprey are slimy, parasitic eel-like fish, one of only two existing species of vertebrates that have no jaw. While...

ITHACA, N.Y. – When it comes to tackling climate change, the focus often falls on reducing the use of fossil fuels and developing sustainable energy...

Credit: Craig Chandler, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Introducing a simple step to the production of plant-derived, biodegradable plastic could improve its properties while overcoming obstacles to...

Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Tests of cells collected from the umbilical cord blood vessel walls at birth can predict death or poor pulmonary outcomes...

PITTSBURGH–Many lower forms of life on earth exhibit an extraordinary ability to regenerate tissue, limbs, and even organs–a skill that is lost among humans and...

Credit: Cincinnati Children's CINCINNATI – Researchers used 3D imaging with molecular testing to uncover new insight into the earliest stages of mammalian pregnancy–offering clues to...

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 31, 2017–A new study examined 42 combinations of promoters and enhancers for human factor VIII...