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Credit: L.A. Cicero For all the improvements in computer technology over the years, we still struggle to recreate the low-energy, elegant processing of the human...

Credit: Credits: NASA/NOAA NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite captured a visible image of the Southern Pacific Ocean's newly formed tropical cyclone in the Gulf of Carpentaria....

Montreal, February 21, 2017 -- Of all the fishy predators in the Great Lakes, few are more destructive than the sea lamprey. There's something of...

Credit: Alan Boss Washington, DC--New planetary formation models from Carnegie's Alan Boss indicate that there may be an undiscovered population of gas giant planets orbiting...

PITTSBURGH--Alkaloids are natural nitrogen-containing compounds produced by plants and microbes. These molecules, such as morphine and quinine, are important human medicines. Alkaloids are typically p..

Credit: University of Pennsylvania In order for cancer to spread, malignant cells must break away from a tumor and through the tough netting of extracellular...

For patients with breast cancer, physical activity and avoiding weight gain are the most important lifestyle choices that can reduce the risk of cancer recurrence...

Credit: G.L. Kohuth, Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich. -- A Michigan State University breast cancer researcher has shown that effective treatment options can be...

Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - Men with prostate cancer can receive shorter courses of radiation therapy than what is currently considered standard, according to Justin...

(Universidad de Navarra) Researchers at the Center for Applied Medical Research (CIMA) of the University of Navarra (Spain) have identified a critical gene, FOSL1, in...

DURHAM, N.C. - Advanced prostate cancer and high blood cholesterol have long been known to be connected, but it has been a chicken-or-egg problem. Now...

Credit: Will McLean, Ph.D. CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Within the inner ear, thousands of hair cells detect sound waves and translate them into nerve signals that...

In less than one year, researchers have developed multiple vaccine platforms that provide robust protection against Zika virus challenge in animal models. Multiple phase 1...

Credit: Will McLean, Ph.D., Co-founder and Vice President, Biology and Regenerative Medicine of Frequency Therapeutics Approach to regenerate inner ear sensory hair cells lays the...

Credit: Will McLean, Albert Edge, Massachusetts Eye and Ear (BOSTON) - The loss of tiny, sound-sensing cells in the inner ear, known as "hair cells,"...