Modafinil, a drug used to treat narcolepsy -- excessive daytime sleepiness -- can improve memory in patients recovering from depression, according to new research from...
Massachusetts General Hospital investigators have identified a protein that may play an essential role in maintaining a population of tumor-initiating cells (TICs) -- treatment-resistant cells...
Credit: Doug Costa, NOAA/SBNMS WASHINGTON -- A synthesized steroid mirroring one naturally made by the dogfish shark prevents the buildup of a lethal protein implicated...
Howard Hughes Medical Institute scientists have developed a much-needed genetic resource that will greatly accelerate the study of gene functions in wheat. The resource, a...
As global fish stocks continue sinking to alarmingly low levels, a joint study by marine fisheries experts from within and outside of China concluded that...
Credit: Apiwat Wisitsorasak/ King Mongkut University of Technology HOUSTON - (Jan. 17, 2017) - Over time, when a metallic glass is put under stress, its...
A naturally-occurring compound has been found to block a molecular process thought to underlie Parkinson's Disease, and to suppress its toxic products, scientists have reported....
A multicenter team of researchers reports that a full genomic analysis of tumor samples from a small number of people who died of pancreatic cancer...
An international collaboration led by clinical researchers at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute has shown proof-of-concept that truly personalised therapy will be possible in the...
Credit: Medical University of South Carolina Evidence overwhelmingly supports a link between cognitive decline and cerebrovascular diseases such as atherosclerosis, arteriolosclerosis, and cerebral ..
The top 2 inches of topsoil on all of Earth's landmasses contains an infinitesimal fraction of the planet's water -- less than one-thousandth of a...
Diatoms are a common type of photosynthetic microorganism, found in many environments from marine to soil; in the oceans, they are responsible for more than...
Credit: Alina Isakova/EPFL Scientists at EPFL have developed a technique that can be a game-changer for genetics by making the characterization of DNA-binding proteins much...
Metastatic pancreatic cancer -- cancer that has spread from the pancreas to other tissues and is responsible for most patient deaths -- changes its metabolism...
Credit: Sameer A. Khan/Fotobuddy Just when lighting aficionados were in a dark place, LEDs came to the rescue. Over the past decade, LED technologies --...
