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IMAGE: This illustration shows how hexagonal bacterial proteins (shown as ribbon-like structures at right and upper right) self-assemble into a honeycomb-like tiled pattern (center and...

Credit: Graphic by Juan Perilla CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A new study offers the first atomic-scale view of an interaction between the HIV capsid – the...

Credit: The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability at the Technical University of Denmark Chief Scientific Officer at the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability...

Credit: Brad Gellman/Nemours Feb. 1, 2018 | Wilmington, DE – The Toy Foundation (TTF) has awarded a second grant of $425,000 to the Center for...

Credit: Alexei Churilov Research into crystal growth in microgravity was one of the earliest investigations conducted aboard the International Space Station and is continued to...

Credit: Shutterstock/Argonne National Laboratory Instead of hauling food waste to landfills, we might want to use that organic waste to power garbage trucks, your car,...

Credit: Jenna McHenry, PhD, UNC School of Medicine CHAPEL HILL, NC – The ancient impulse to procreate is necessary for survival and must be hardwired...

Credit: Rutgers University Tiny, glowing crystals designed to detect and capture heavy-metal toxins such as lead and mercury could prove to be a powerful new...

Credit: Sean Mattson, STRI Bottlenose dolphins in Panama's Bocas Del Toro Archipelago should be designated as endangered say the authors of a new study. Biologists...

Credit: Mark R. McNeill Contaminated soil frequently arrives at the borders through transported items, and is widely recognised as a vector for non-native species, potentially...

Credit: CNIC Scientists at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (CNIC) have identified a possible therapeutic target for 2 types of very aggressive...

The human brain may be the most complex piece of organized matter in the known universe, but Allen Institute researchers have begun to unravel the...

Credit: Steve Zylius / UCI Irvine, Calif., Nov. 3, 2016 — Few treatments exist for bacteria-caused intestinal inflammation that leads to diarrhea, fever and abdominal...

Credit: Lauren Brent Some individual animals are prone to social isolation, new research suggests. The study of rhesus macaques showed some of the monkeys remain...

AUGUSTA, Ga. (Sept. 7, 2016) – Scientists are trying to turn up the heat-burning ability of brown fat with the long-term goal of combatting obesity....