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For some time now, scientists have known that climate influences soil chemistry -- and, in particular, soil pH, a measure of acidity or alkalinity. In...

Credit: iTZiT Visual Techonology/NIOO-KNAW Tiny predators in the soil can literally sniff out their prey: soil bacteria, which communicate with each other using scent. A...

CORVALLIS, Ore. - After decades of eluding researchers because of chemical instability, key metal-oxide clusters have been isolated in water, a significant advance for growing...

Credit: Reza Shahbazian-Yassar/UIC Battery researchers seeking improved electrode materials have focused on "tunneled" structures that make it easier for charge-carrying ions to move in and...

Credit: National Cancer Institute PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- People with head and neck cancers with evidence of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection generally have a better prognosis...

(TORONTO, Canada - Dec. 8, 2016) - Results of the largest Canadian clinical trial to date comparing standard treatment for locally advanced squamous cell head...

Researchers have made a major discovery about how cells control when to divide - representing a step forward in scientists' understanding of one of the...

Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Starting in 1993 and ending in 2001, ten academic medical centers in the United States screened 76,685 men and...

Credit: ICIQ A team of researchers at ICIQ in Tarragona (Spain) and Oregon State University (US) combine experimental and computational strategies to understand the secrets...

Credit: Desmond Toa In an algae-eat-algae world, it's the single-celled photosynthetic organisms at the top (layer of the ocean) that absorb the most sunlight. Underneath,...

Credit: Credits: NASA Goddard MODIS Rapid Response Team As NASA's Aqua satellite passed over the Bay of Bengal, Tropical Cyclone 05B was renamed Vardah and...

Credit: Illustration by Sandbox Studio, Chicago with Corinne Mucha Rapid advances in computing constantly translate into new technologies in our everyday lives. The same is...

Credit: Image credit: Paul Gonzalez, Hopkins Marine Station Graduate student Paul Gonzalez at Stanford University's Hopkins Marine Station recently became a hunter, breeder and farmer...

Credit: Paolo Segre, University of British Columbia/ Stanford University. Hummingbirds' ability to accelerate and turn diminishes at high altitudes, but it isn't a lack of...

ABX464 Upregulates IL-22 and miR-124 Suggesting Strong Anti-Inflammatory Effect, Broadening Therapeutic Potential Announcing Proof-of-Concept Clinical Trial of ABX464 to Treat Inflammatory Bowel Dise..