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Credit: Frozen Food Foundation McLean, VA - New research presented today via poster presentation at the 2017 Experimental Biology meeting shows consumers who eat frozen...

The function of a plant's roots go well beyond simply serving as an anchor in the ground. The roots act as the plant's mouth, absorbing,...

Credit: Courtesy of the University of Nevada, Reno RENO, Nev. - The unassuming ice plant could become an ingenious weapon in the fight against a...

Radiation and chemotherapy treatments for cancers destroy tumors and healthy tissue alike, often leading to severe side effects. Cancer immunotherapy approaches, which stimulate the immune...

Credit: Image by Cognition Studio, courtesy of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. SEATTLE - Cellular therapy hasn't had much success in fighting solid tumors, partly...

Credit: ThermChem Corporation RICHLAND, Wash. - Three small businesses have been selected to collaborate with researchers at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory...

Credit: University of Delaware/ Jeffrey Chase Synthetic rubber and plastics - used for manufacturing tires, toys and myriad other products - are produced from butadiene,...

In lung cancer patients who were taking immunotherapy drugs targeting the PD-1 pathway, testing for CD8 T cell activation in their blood partially predicted whether...

Credit: Tokyo Institute of Technology Researcher team led by Professor Takayuki Ohba at Tokyo Institute of Technology, ICE Cube Center, in collaboration with the WOW...

Artificial intelligence--commonly known as A.I.--is already exceeding human abilities. Self-driving cars use A.I. to perform some tasks more safely than people. E-commerce companies use A.I....

Credit: Cover images courtesy of Dorothy M. Kim and Crina M. Nimigean, and Thomas G. Oertner. The propagation of information through the nervous system depends...

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Plastic, rubber, and many other useful materials are made of polymers -- long chains arranged in a cross-linked network. At the molecular...

Loading video... Credit: University of Washington INFOBOX: To try your hand at reconstructing neurons for brain science, visit Mozak at https://www.mozak.science/. A new scientific discovery...

Credit: Avner Vengosh, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. - Fracking has not contaminated groundwater in northwestern West Virginia, but accidental spills of fracking wastewater may pose...

WORCESTER, MA - The bacteria residing in your digestive tract, or your gut microbiota, may play an important role in your ability to respond to...