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BOSTON - A new study among more than 1000 colorectal cancer patients at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has revealed that a surprising number of patients, about...

In several types of cancer, elevated expression of the chemokine receptor CCR4 in tumors is associated with poor patient outcomes. Communication through CCR4 may be...

Credit: Sonia Fernandez In the ancient Japanese art of origami, paper must be folded precisely and following a specific order to create the desired result...

Credit: Fran Webber/NIST Providing wireless communications in a factory, plant or other industrial environment these days means more than just helping employees talk with each...

Credit: Courtesy of Shouling Xu and Zhiyong Wang. Stanford, CA -- New work from Carnegie's Shouling Xu and Zhiyong Wang reveals that the process of...

A naturally occurring hormone that plays an important role in fetal development may be the basis for a new type of reversible contraceptive that can...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- A team of Florida State University researchers has discovered that a common household pest can tell us a lot about an aggressive...

Researchers have uncovered 30 genes that could, one day, serve as therapeutic targets to reverse Rett syndrome, a rare neurological disorder that affects only girls...

Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Scott Wiessinger, producer NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has identified the farthest gamma-ray blazars, a type of galaxy whose intense...

Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Scott Wiessinger, producer An international science team says NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has observed high-energy light from solar e..

Scientists have long known of the potential of microalgae to aid in the production of biofuels and other valuable chemicals. However, the difficulty and significant...

MANHATTAN, KANSAS -- What Silicon Valley is to technology, Kansas State University is to biodefense. When former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle and the bipartisan...

January 30, 2017-- An international consortium of academic research institutions have been awarded a $21 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to...

New research suggests that the capacity of the terrestrial biosphere to absorb carbon dioxide (CO2) may have been underestimated in past calculations due to certain...

Credit: Ginger Rowsey JACKSON, Tenn. - Shawn Butler, a doctoral candidate in the University of Tennessee's College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, won first...