Credit: University of Pennsylvania The immune system is contantly performing surveillance to detect foreign organisms that might do harm. But pathogens, for their part, have...
Credit: NanoBio Systems Lab @ Texas A&M For over a decade, companies have promised a future of renewable fuel from algae. Investors interested in moving...
WASHINGTON, D.C., September 29, 2017 -- Atrial fibrillation is the most prevalent form of cardiac arrhythmia, affecting up to 6 million people in the U.S....
Flu season is on its way, and a new report in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology has identified an innovative strategy for battling this deadly...
Credit: NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz LANCE/EOSDIS MODIS Rapid Response Team, GSFC This past summer Canada has been plagued with huge forest fires that have...
Credit: Louise Egerton-Warburton The roots of most land plants are colonized by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, which help their plant partners to grow while also influencing...
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have developed the first mice that lack the Upf3b gene, providing a new model for...
Credit: Anders Hedenström WATCH: A tobacco hawkmoth flies in a wind tunnel (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Sgqb8wnQGA) For the first time, researchers are able to prove that there is...
Scientists in Scotland have gained access to the most up-to-date gene sequencing technology, aiding research to better understand human and animal diseases. The technology -...
Scientists have been using an ancient Greek fable written by Aesop as inspiration to test whether birds and small children understand cause and effect relationships....
ANN ARBOR--University of Michigan researchers have developed a laser-based method that could be used to detect chemicals such as explosives and dangerous gases quickly and...
Credit: Jane Ogilvie TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- New research from a team of Florida State University scientists and their collaborators is helping to explain the link...
Frequent sauna bathing reduces the risk of elevated blood pressure, according to an extensive follow-up population-based study carried out at the University of Eastern Finland....
Credit: M.Schupp All cells can adapt their metabolic activity with respect to the availability of various sources of energy, such as glucose. This vital ability...
(Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health) Premature babies that need ventilation to support their breathing often suffer from a condition known...
