WHAT: A new clinical research study seeks to determine whether a rapid molecular diagnostic test can reliably identify gonorrhea infections that may be successfully treated...
Credit: Reichner et. al. ROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Every year, fungal infections threaten thousands of patients -- from those with depressed immune systems to others who...
Credit: Illustration by Eric Taylor, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution For decades, marine chemists have faced an elusive paradox. The surface waters of the world's oceans...
Credit: University of Washington The virus that causes hepatitis C protects itself by blocking signals that call up immune defenses in liver cells, according to...
Credit: Prentice et al. Neurons found in the human eye naturally display a form of error correction in the collective visual signals they send to...
Researchers have developed a synthetic pathway to "fix" carbon dioxide - converting it into organic compounds - more quickly than can be achieved by plants....
Credit: @ECORD_IODP The first results of a recent drilling expedition at Chicxulub crater - one of the only known craters on Earth with a well-preserved...
Credit: Image courtesy of the MIPT Press Office An international team of astrophysicists including Russian scientists from the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy...
(Van Andel Research Institute) Van Andel Research Institute (VARI), in collaboration with Cedars-Sinai, has received a $2.5 million, five-year grant from the National Cancer Institute...
BOSTON - Boston Medical Center (BMC) has been awarded a three-year, $1.2 million grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration to expand access to...
Concerns about weight gain may be driving contraception choices, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers. Women who are overweight or obese are less...
Credit: Graphic by Julie McMahon CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Researchers report in the journal Science that they can increase plant productivity by boosting levels of three...
ANCIENT MAIZE Genome sequence of a 5,310-year-old maize cob provides new insights into the early stages of maize domestication. The specimen is important because it...
Researchers have identified a way to manipulate photosynthesis in plants to increase both their light-harvesting ability and biomass production. As the world population faces an...
Credit: Lauriebeth Leonelli and Matthew Brooks/UC Berkeley Plant biologists have bumped up crop productivity by as much as 20 percent by increasing the amount of...
