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Credit: Pelliccia et al., 2017. A new study indicates an essential role for a maternally inherited gene in embryonic development. The study found that zebrafish...

PHILADELPHIA – More than 375,000 American each year experience a heart attack, during which blood flow to a part of the heart is impeded by...

Credit: The Scripps Research Institute JUPITER, FL – March 16, 2017 – Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have developed...

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Americans would be more likely to accept a gas tax increase if they knew the extra revenue would improve energy efficiency,...

Credit: J. Minxha/Adolphs lab When we are walking down a crowded street, our brains are constantly active, processing a myriad of visual stimuli. Faces are...

Credit: Chris Martine Dozens of studies have looked at the effects of Japanese knotweed on natural communities in Europe and North America. Yet Bucknell University...

Being close relatives within the same genus, eight catfishes showed enough external differences, such as characteristic elongated mouths, hinting to their separate origin. Following a...

Credit: Stanford University Diamond Blackfan Anemia (DBA) is a condition that is characterized by a failure of the bone marrow to produce red blood cells,...

Credit: Photo by Jean Krejca. People sometimes rely on the stereotype of a kid living in their parents' basement to illustrate poor socialization and isolation....

IMAGE: Brad Cardinal is a professor of kinesiology at Oregon State University. Credit: Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. – Using fitness DVDs to work out...

Credit: ATS Varenicline, one of the most commonly prescribed drugs for helping people quit smoking, may put them at higher risk for a cardiovascular event,...

Within Manhattan’s diverse population, the chronic and often debilitating autoimmune disease lupus affects Hispanic and Asian women more frequently than white women, according to a...

Credit: Michael Bok, University of Lund Imagine rolling your eyes to help you see more clearly. Although it wouldn't work for humans, new research published...

Credit: Copyright: Nikolaus Leisch, Nature Microbiology Most bacteria divide by placing a protein called FtsZ at the division site. Traditionally, it was thought that FtsZ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A new study explores how a young cowbird, left as an egg in the nest of a different species, grows up to...