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A research team led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital immunologists has revealed a previously unknown immune machinery that goes awry to trigger the inflammatory...

WASHINGTON, D.C. April 18, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced $9.6 million in available...

Credit: Photo credit: Quinnipiac University Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy (ACGT), the nation's only nonprofit dedicated exclusively to cell and gene therapies for cancer, is...

Scientists have created the most accurate navigation system for the bread wheat genome to date -- allowing academics and breeders to analyse its genes more...

Credit: Cincinnati Children's CINCINNATI - Transcription factors, the tiny proteins that switch genes on or off in the nucleus of cells, are considered unreachable molecular...

MAYWOOD, IL - Administering medications through the nose as an alternative to injections or IVs is becoming increasingly popular in emergency departments and ambulances, according...

(Cambridge University Press) Two seminal articles by energy experts in the latest issue of MRS Energy and Sustainability (MRS E&S) examine the climate-related risks facing...

WASHINGTON, D.C., April 18, 2017 -- Most stars become white dwarfs when they reach the end of their stellar life cycle. Astrophysicists determine what elements...

Credit: Harley J. Seeley EAST LANSING, Mich. - Maintaining the yards of vacant properties helps reduce crime rates in urban neighborhoods, indicates a new Michigan...

Credit: TVA Few jobs are more massive than that of building a nuclear power plant, a project that takes years and billions of dollars to...

Credit: Communication LIH Scientists of the Luxembourg Institute of Health (LIH) have discovered a so far unknown molecular mechanism by which the human immune system...

Credit: Randy Montoya, Sandia National Laboratories ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Using pressure instead of chemicals, a Sandia National Laboratories team has fabricated nanoparticles into nanowire-array stru..

URBANA, Ill. - What happens when meat scientists get their hands on nearly 8,000 commercially raised pigs? They spend a year running dozens of tests...

Loading video... Credit: MU News Bureau COLUMBIA, Mo. - In recent decades, scientists and land managers have realized the importance of controlled forest fires for...

Credit: Sanil George + Jessica Shartouny A component of the skin mucus secreted by South Indian frogs can kill the H1 variety of influenza viruses,...