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From earthworm guts to mining waste, scientists are exploring a wide range of new sources of catalysts that could help us make medicines, fuels and...

Credit: Josh Barney | UVA Health System Two drugs used to treat asthma and allergies may offer a way to prevent a form of pneumonia...

Scientists have gotten better at predicting where earthquakes will occur, but they're still in the dark about when they will strike and how devastating they...

Credit: Credits: NASA Goddard MODIS Rapid Response Team NASA's Aqua satellite spotted Tropical Cyclone Bart as it was transitioning into an extra-tropical cyclone in the...

Credit: Dr. Hideyuki Saito Acute kidney injury (AKI) is sudden kidney failure or damage lasting from a few hours to several days. During this time,...

Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Researchers at the University of Illinois report they can alter blood cell development through the use...

Credit: Xiaoyun Wu/UW Medicine Vision scientists have uncovered some of the reasons behind the unusual perceptual properties of the eye's fovea. Only humans and other...

Researchers from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin have been studying two proteins that play a vital role in many bodily processes. The aim of the research...

Credit: Source: CERN, The LHCb Collaboration Cracow, 22 February 2017 The world around us is mainly constructed of baryons, particles composed of three quarks. Why...

Credit: Kent Vliet In a land where survival is precarious, Komodo dragons thrive despite being exposed to scads of bacteria that would kill less hardy...

Credit: Evan Krape/University of Delaware It's not every day that you're congratulated in a full-page ad in The New York Times. That's a special recognition...

Credit: American Chemical Society To soothe aches and pains, many people turn to heating pads, patches or creams. Although a common practice, thermotherapy can cause...

Credit: Waseda University Tokyo, Feb 21, 2017 -- A group of researchers at Waseda University has developed processes and materials for ultrathin stick-on electronic devices...

Credit: Florida Atlantic University About the size of a tablet, a portable device that could be used in a host of environments like a busy...

DNA is the hereditary material in our cells and contains the instructions for them to live, behave, grow, and develop. These instructions are based on...