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Credit: Gretchen Mahler BINGHAMTON, NY - The ability of small intestine cells to absorb nutrients and act as a barrier to pathogens is "significantly decreased"...

BOSTON, MA (February 16, 2017) --Organizers of the 10th World Conference of Science Journalists (WCSJ2017) unveiled details of the upcoming event at an information session...

Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The University of Alabama at Birmingham will partner with Proton International to bring proton therapy, one of the most technically...

ARLINGTON, VA - February 16, 2017 - Joe Biden, 47th Vice President of the United States, will receive Research!America's Gordon and Llura Gund Leadership Award...

Credit: Olson Lab/Rice University There's at least one person in the world for whom smoking has a beneficial effect, and it took an international collaboration...

Credit: MDI Biological Laboratory BAR HARBOR, MAINE -- Scientists have known for decades that drastically restricting certain nutrients without causing malnutrition prolongs health and lifespan...

The distribution of normal matter precisely determines gravitational acceleration in all common types of galaxies, a team led by Case Western Reserve University researchers reports....

Credit: A. Wilson; Brian W.J. Mahy, BSc, MA, PhD, ScD, DSc, USCDCP A mutation that impacts changes in the shape of an essential viral protein...

Credit: Wilson et al. (2017) An immune system proteinase called granzyme A appears to promote arthritic inflammation in mice infected with chikungunya virus, scientists report...

Aliphatic organic compounds - carbon-based building blocks that may have a role in the chemistry that creates life - have been detected for the first...

Credit: Bruce D. Taubert Animals that feed almost solely on nectar, which doesn't produce protective antioxidants, are still able to avoid experiencing oxidative damage to...

An international team of scientists using the latest imaging techniques have revealed how bacterial division proteins build a partition wall across the cell, one molecule...

Scientists at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University have mapped a vast spider web of interactions between proteins in lung cancer cells, as part of...

Credit: Courtney Couch Seagrass meadows reduce bacteria pathogenic to humans and marine life by up to 50%, a new study shows. What's more, corals located...

Credit: University of Warwick Foot-and-mouth epidemics could be controlled quickly and effectively by rapidly establishing how many animals can be vaccinated per day of an...