Credit: KAIST A KAIST research team presented a novel method for improving medication treatment for liver cancer using Systems Biology, combining research from information technology...
Credit: Photo by Steven O. Shattuck CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Researchers provide the first mechanical description of the jaws of a group of trap-jaw ants that...
Few experiences invoke as much anxiety as a call from your doctor saying "you need to come back for more tests." Your imagination goes wild...
(McGill University Health Centre) Loss of muscle is an inevitable consequence of aging that can lead to frailty, falls or mobility problems. Eating enough protein...
A new analysis of drought in Jordan - one of the world's most water-poor countries - suggests that without alternate water sources, better land use...
Credit: © Jonathan Green/Galapagos Whale Shark Project Did you know that August 30 is International Whale Shark Day? Whale sharks are the largest fishes on...
Endometriosis is a chronic and incurable gynecologic disorder that affects approximately 10 percent of women in the United States. Its symptoms can be debilitating and...
Credit: © A. Gray aboard FV Aoshibi IV. When the Fukushima power plant released large quantities of radioactive materials into nearby coastal waters following Japan's...
Keeping the immune system in balance is no small feat. It must remain keenly alert to spot and disarm foreign invaders and smart enough to...
Today the FDA launched a new era in cancer treatment with its approval of the first cancer gene therapy drug in the United States. With...
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A fertilized human egg develops into multiple tissues, organs and about 200 distinct cell types. Each cell type has the...
Credit: Joakim Hansen The new study, that has been conducted in 32 archipelago bays along the Baltic Sea coast shows that underwater plants can contribute...
Credit: Stu's Images. A group of ecologists has started creating a periodic table of ecological niches similar to chemistry's periodic table. And just as chemists...
ITHACA, N.Y. - A fungus known to decimate populations of gypsy moths creates "death clouds" of spores that can travel more than 40 miles to...
Credit: Ho-Jun Suk CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Recording electrical signals from inside a neuron in the living brain can reveal a great deal of information about...
