Credit: University of Illinois Department of Bioengineering. Over the last 17 years, scientists and engineers have developed synthetic gene circuits that can program the functionality,...
(Portland, Ore.) Sept. 25, 2017 - Researchers at Portland State University found benzene and other potentially cancer-causing chemicals in the vapor produced by butane hash...
Credit: Courtesy of the researchers. BUFFALO, N.Y. - Adding or removing water from a stem cell can change the destiny of the cell, researchers have...
GALVESTON, Texas - Scientists from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston have gained new insight into how the Ebola virus uses the body's...
Credit: Matt Cashore Two papers involving ovarian cancer research at the University of Notre Dame's Harper Cancer Research Institute (HCRI), one featuring new research and...
Researchers have found that three common species of Vibrio bacteria in Chesapeake Bay could increase with changing climate conditions by the end of this century,...
New Orleans, LA - The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) has awarded LSU Health New Orleans a $1.4 million grant over five years...
Credit: Aleksi Lehikoinen A recent international study indicates that the populations of peatland birds in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Estonia and Latvia have decreased by a...
A new paper published in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society has identified and named 15 new species of spider in the Caribbean. Given...
Credit: Edmond Byrnes III, Joseph Heitman -- Duke; Valerie Knowlton - NC State DURHAM, N.C. -- Mutations tend to get a bad rap, and deservedly...
One of the most contagious of the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, is chronic wasting disease (CWD) which affects deer and represents a risk to human health...
Credit: WFU / Ken Bennett The National Science Foundation recently awarded a $680,000 grant to Wake Forest University Associate Professor of Chemistry Patricia Dos Santos....
Credit: Jennifer Fisher/Oregon State University Cooperative Institute for Marine Resources Studies At least every few weeks since the early 1960s, scientists have set out from...
Credit: Rosimar Rivera Colón Known for their biodiversity richness, the Caribbean Islands are now adding two new species of bird-catcher trees to their list of...
CAMBRIDGE, MA - People with Type 1 diabetes must check their blood glucose several times a day and inject themselves with insulin to keep their...
