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Antibodies are able to activate human nerve cells within milliseconds and hence modify their function -- that is the surprising conclusion of a study carried...

The International Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Call for Proposals is now open. Whether you have a human factors/ergonomics research or...

Credit: Yakobson Research Group HOUSTON - (Jan. 26, 2017) - Hold on, there, graphene. You might think you're the most interesting new nanomaterial of the...

Credit: Brian Gratwicke As human diseases become alarmingly antibiotic resistant, identification of new pharmaceuticals is critical. The cane toad and other members of the Bufonidae...

Credit: Press photo Scientists of Institute of Physics, Nanotechnology and Telecommunications of Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) in collaboration with University of...

Credit: Henry H.Q. Heng , Bentham Science Publishers Various -omics studies have unexpectedly highlighted the importance of molecular cytogenetics and cytogenomics when synthesizing molecular data....

In shampoo ads, hair always looks like a shiny, smooth surface. But for physicists peering into microscopes, the hair surface looks much more rugged, as...

Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Women over 50 who have been treated for ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) are more likely to be alive ten years later...

Scientists have discovered a key 'survival gene' that prevents strains of tuberculosis (TB) from mutating into drug-resistant 'superbugs'. In a joint study, published today, Frid..

Credit: University of British Columbia Biochemical reactions that cause Alzheimer's disease could begin in the womb or just after birth if the fetus or newborn...

Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Treating head and neck cancer patients with a twice-daily radiation therapy combined with chemotherapy could save more lives, according to new research...

Loading video... Credit: Tufts University MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. (Jan. 27, 2017) - Scientists from Tufts University's School of Arts and Sciences, the Allen Discovery Center at...

A large-scale, population based study led by Dr. Laurent Azoulay, Senior Investigator with the Lady Davis Institute at the Jewish General Hospital, has concluded that...

WASHINGTON, DC - The American Geophysical Union (AGU) wrote to federal agency heads on January 26, expressing concern over recent reports about violations of scientific...

A large-scale, population based study led by Dr. Laurent Azoulay, Senior Investigator with the Lady Davis Institute at the Jewish General Hospital, has concluded that...