CORVALLIS, Ore. - Among women of childbearing age in the U.S., fish consumption has increased in recent years while blood mercury concentrations have decreased, suggesting...
A major contributor to most neurological diseases is the degeneration of a wire-like part of nerve cells called an axon, which electrically transmits information from...
Targeting cancer stem cells may be a more effective way to overcome cancer resistance and prevent the spread of squamous cell carcinoma -- the most...
Credit: Franscisco Barriga, IRB Barcelona The intestine has a high rate of cellular regeneration due to the wear and tear originated by its function degrading...
Loading video... Credit: Paloma Gonzalez-Bellido Lab, University of Cambridge A small fly the size of a grain of rice could be the Top Gun of...
Credit: University of Leicester Academic leaders at the University of Leicester have hailed the Government's announcement of multi-million pound investment in space science and Earth...
Credit: University of Oklahoma A University of Oklahoma Gallogly College of Engineering professor, Steven P. Crossley, is the recipient of a five-year, National Science Foundation...
Credit: University of Michigan ANN ARBOR, MI - Surgery patients often go home from the hospital with a prescription for painkillers to take as they...
The 52nd Annual Congress of The European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL), is being held from 19-23 April, at the RAI Congress...
Credit: Oak Ridge National Laboratory/Dept. of Energy March 9, 2017--Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) scientists have released a new global, centralized database of plant root...
Credit: (Illustration courtesy of Sandia National Laboratories) ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Metamaterials don't exist in nature, but their ability to make ultra-thin lenses and ultra-efficient cell...
Credit: Osaka University Flagella are tiny rotary motors that move bacteria. A research team led by Keiichi Namba, professor at Osaka University has used electron...
Credit: M. Weiss/CfA The search for extraterrestrial intelligence has looked for many different signs of alien life, from radio broadcasts to laser flashes, without success....
Credit: Carnegie Institution for Science Pasadena, CA--Over 20 years ago, Carnegie astronomer emeritus Alan Dressler chaired the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA)...
Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (March 9, 2017) - The first year of free lung cancer screening in the Augusta, Georgia area found more than...
