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LA JOLLA, CA – August 17, 2016 – The eye's lacrimal gland is small but mighty. This gland produces moisture needed to heal eye injuries...

Credit: EMBO "The EMBO Young Investigator Programme supports young life scientists in their most demanding career phase, when they establish their own research group," says...

Credit: Brian Stauffer/University of Illinois Political and agricultural leaders gathered at the University of Illinois today to see transformative work by Realizing Increased Photosynthetic Efficien..

Credit: Courtesy: Kelvinsong On Nov. 25, 1901, a 51-year-old woman is admitted to a hospital in Frankfurt, Germany, displaying a bizarre constellation of symptoms. Her...

A team of scientists, including several from the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory, have determined the structures of several important tuberculosis enzymes, which...

Credit: © Queensland Museum, Gary Cranitch. Swamp wallabies, long thought to be a genus all of their own, have been found to be a member...

Credit: Martin F.V. Corley As travelling in the 21st century is easier than ever, so is for species to make their way to new areas,...

Credit: Kaeser lab At a glance: Harvard Medical School scientists have identified the molecular machinery responsible for release of the neurotransmitter dopamine. Neurons secrete dopamine...

Credit: CU Boulder The preschoolers, all regular afternoon nappers, were deprived of roughly three hours of sleep on one day – they had no afternoon...

IMAGE: Marilyn Rantz is leading the Missouri Quality Initiative for Nursing Homes which received accolades from CMS for improving care and lowering health care costs....

Credit: Matthias Mörgelin, Lund University There are more and more examples of the ways in which we can benefit from our bacteria. According to researcher...

Researchers from MIPT, the Institute of Biomedical Chemistry, the Institute for Energy Problems of Chemical Physics, and the Research Institute of Physico-Chemical Medicine have presented...

Credit: University of Minnesota A breakthrough trial at the University of Minnesota testing a new UMN-developed drug resulted in improved survival rates for dogs diagnosed...

Novel adaptations discovered in hibernating animals may reveal ways to mitigate injuries associated with strokes, heart attacks and organ transplants, according to researchers at the...

London, January 14, 2016 – Scientists have uncovered part of a protein found in humans and other primates that can help us fight off HIV....