Credit: CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences Diet-related diseases like non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) are known to have...
Artificial intelligence (AI) is learning - from the real world. Nine months ago, a computer beat one of the world's best players at one of...
Credit: Supplied by the research team The Australian National University (ANU) is part of an international team of astronomers that found one of the Universe's...
Latest research from New Zealand's University of Otago is shedding new light on why and how cancer cells spread from primary tumours to other parts...
Credit: Dr. Hiroki Hasegawa Background to the Research The generation of fusion energy utilizes the fusion reaction that occurs inside a high-temperature plasma. In order...
The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) launched a new tool to help biomedical and life science investigators identify US suppliers of research...
Credit: Hugh Safford/USDA Forest Service A study spanning 10 national forests and 14 burned areas in California found that conifer seedlings were found in less...
Before modern medical lab techniques became available, doctors diagnosed some diseases by smelling a patient's breath. Scientists have been working for years to develop analytical...
A class of flame retardants known as polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) have been phased out of production in the U.S. out of concern for their...
The compound view shows a new ALMA Band 5 view of the colliding galaxy system Arp 220 (in red) on top of an image from...
Credit: Brian Jones/Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Humans and other animals carry rogue sequences of DNA in their genomes called transposable elements (TEs). To prevent...
Credit: Stobart et al Nature Communications (2016). Crafting a vaccine against RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) has been a minefield for 50 years, but scientists believe...
Credit: The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University Among the most important molecules in the living world are sugars or carbohydrates, which play a vital...
Molecules 10,000 times narrower than the width of a human hair could hold the key to making possible wooden skyscrapers and more energy-efficient paper production,...
Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (Dec. 20, 2016) - As the valves in a heart stretch with each beat, their cells take in life-giving...
