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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Scientists have discovered the mechanism that hijacks the immune system's response to tuberculosis, revealing an important new drug target for the...

Credit: Brookhaven National Laboratory UPTON, NY--Fuel cells are a promising technology for clean and efficient electrical power generation, but their cost, activity, and durability are...

Loading video... Credit: Harvard SEAS Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have made the world's smallest radio receiver...

December 13, 2016/Novato, California: The billions of microorganisms living within the human digestive tract appear to play a significant role in health and disease, notably...

Credit: Water Resources Research Fukuoka, Japan - A potential solution for addressing climate change is to securely store carbon dioxide underground in reservoirs from which...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15, 2016 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced the award of $3.4 million...

HOUSTON - (Dec. 15, 2016) - Rapid population decline among vertebrate species began at the end of the 19th century when industrialization was at its...

New UCLA-led research finds that Zika-linked abnormalities that occur in human fetuses are more extensive -- and severe -- than previously thought, with 46 percent...

FAU chemists are developing an artificial intelligence application which can predict which molecule structures will produce or suppress specific odours. The Volkswagen Foundation has granted...

Credit: Dr Guillaume Jacquemet, University of Turku By screening already approved drugs, the team led by Postdoctoral Researcher Guillaume Jacquemet and Academy Professor Johanna Ivaska...

Credit: Melissa Fabrizio Something as seemingly harmless as a heartburn pill could lead cancer patients to take a turn for the worse. A University of...

Credit: Colorado State University FORT COLLINS, COLORADO - For those suffering depression or anxiety, using cannabis for relief may not be the long-term answer. That's...

Credit: Halleh Balch and Jason Horng/Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley Scientists have enlisted the exotic properties of graphene, a one-atom-thick layer of carbon, to function...

Credit: Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich. --- Warning: Surfing the internet in class is now linked to poorer test scores, even among the most...

Cambridge, Mass. -- Microelectromechanical systems, or MEMS, are tiny machines fabricated using equipment and processes developed for the production of electronic chips and devices. They've...