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Credit: Dominic Doyle, Vanderbilt University The blood-brain barrier is a network of specialized cells that surrounds the arteries and veins within the brain. It forms...

Credit: Jianqi Qin, University of Illinois A team of University of Illinois researchers has discovered the existence of hot atomic hydrogen (H) atoms in an...

Credit: Video courtesy of the NIH/NINDS Using state-of-the-art brain imaging technology, scientists at the National Institutes of Health filmed what happens in the brains of...

LOS ANGELES (Dec. 6, 2016) - Researchers from the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute and the Cedars-Sinai Department of Medicine are expanding their ongoing evaluation of a...

New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYITCOM) at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro (A-State) has received a grant from the Delta Regional...

HOUSTON - (Dec. 6, 2016) - Three major issues with Mexico's weak rule of law threaten to foil the successful implementation of the new reforms...

Credit: University of Notre Dame University of Notre Dame astronomers have identified what they believe to be the second generation of stars, shedding light on...

Cornell University researchers have discovered a biological mechanism that helps convert nitrogen-based fertilizer into nitrous oxide, an ozone-depleting greenhouse gas. The paper was published online..

Credit: J. R. Hoyt Bat populations in some places in North America appear to have developed resistance to the deadly fungal disease known as white-nose...

Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - Dec. 6, 2016 - Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found a new biomarker for glioma, a common type...

Credit: Photo by Erin Sparks, Duke University v DURHAM, N.C. -- As a growing plant extends its roots into the soil, the new cells that...

This week's edition of PLOS Medicine, featuring four Research Articles and two Perspectives, begins a special issue devoted to research on cancer genomics. Research and...

BUFFALO, N.Y. - Churches and other faith-based communities are an untapped resource that health-care providers should consider when suggesting treatment options for African-American and Latina...

Credit: The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston GALVESTON, Texas - A new study at The University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston sheds...

Credit: Cockrell School of Engineering A military drone flying on a reconnaissance mission is captured behind enemy lines, setting into motion a team of engineers...