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Credit: Illustration credit: NASA/Ames/JPL-Caltech Is there anybody out there? The question of whether Earthlings are alone in the universe has puzzled everyone from biologists and...

(Stanford University) New research shows people in underdeveloped parts of the world are not as likely to complete massive open online courses, or MOOCs. But...

Credit: Ajay Narendra They are famed for their highly developed work ethic ... now a study shows ants' navigational skills are more sophisticated than was...

Credit: Swanson School of Engineering PITTSBURGH (January 19, 2017) ... The Mackenzie Dike Swarm, an ancient geological feature covering an area more than 300 miles...

Are humans taking more resources from the Earth than the planet can safely produce? The answer lies partly in whether we can "dematerialize," or reduce...

Credit: Adrian Radocea, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology Silicon crystals are the semiconductors most commonly used to make transistors, which are critical electronic...

Credit: Credit: University at Buffalo. BUFFALO, N.Y. -- As cells age and stop dividing, their fat content changes, along with the way they produce and...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Researchers at Mayo Clinic have identified a genetic promoter of cancer that drives a major form of lung cancer. In a new...

Use of an advanced form of the commonly used polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method to analyze circulating tumor cells (CTCs) may greatly increase the ability...

Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--Just as an invasive weed might need nutrient-rich soil and water to grow, many cancers rely on the right surroundings in...

New Orleans, LA - The Department of Information Technology at LSU Health New Orleans successfully competed for its first National Science Foundation grant. The $499,640...

Credit: Credits: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Matthew McGill of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, has been selected as the recipient of...

Credit: Frank Wojciechowski Raising further questions about privacy on the internet, researchers from Princeton and Stanford universities have released a study showing that a specific...

Credit: Kazan Federal University Researchers at Rice University and Kazan Federal University in Russia have found a way to extract radioactivity from water and said...