Credit: Smithsonian Institution Jellyfish sting swimmers, clog fishing nets, and in high numbers can close beaches. But despite their nuisance to humans, they play an...
Researchers investigating whether liquid water could exist on Mars have provided new insight into the limits of life on the red planet. A team led...
McGill University researchers have discovered a cellular mechanism that may contribute to the breakdown of communication between neurons in Alzheimer's disease. Their study, published in...
Researchers at Nanjing University and their collaborators have found that NatD, which mediates N-alpha-terminal acetylation (Nt-acetylation) of histone H4, promotes lung cancer progression by preventi..
Scientists have shown that ocean clams and worms are releasing a significant amount of potentially harmful greenhouse gas into the atmosphere. The team, from Cardiff...
People who are overweight cut their life expectancy by two months for every extra kilogramme of weight they carry, research suggests. A major study of...
A new study into the genetics underlying restless legs syndrome has identified 13 previously-unknown genetic risk variants, while helping inform potential new treatment options for...
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer. CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- By mimicking the eye of the mantis shrimp, Illinois researchers have developed an ultra-sensitive camera capable...
Led by Jean-Christophe Marine (VIB-KU Leuven), a team of researchers has tracked down the cellular origin of cutaneous melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer....
A drug isolated from a marine pest holds promise for treating some of the world's nastiest diseases, and researchers would love to find out just...
In the first study of its kind, an international team of genomics researchers has identified new regions of the human genome that are associated with...
Credit: Keck School of Medicine of USC/Linya Wang A Keck School of Medicine of USC research team has identified how cancer stem cells survive. This...
Credit: Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) Worcester, Mass. - They call it the "hairy ball." It's an unflattering name for two-dimensional representations of a complex biological...
Credit: Artwork by Kate Isenberg (www.kateisenberg.com) PHILADELPHIA --The fundamental mechanisms governing how cells form an identity such as becoming a muscle cell or a nerve...
October 12, 2017, Cleveland: Back-to-back discoveries from Cleveland Clinic demonstrate for the first time how a testosterone-related genetic abnormality can help predict individual patient responses...
