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Credit: James Nieh Over the past decade, Asian hornets, predatory insects with a widespread and expanding population, have invaded parts of Europe and Korea. Vespa...

Credit: Gonçalo Bernardes Lab, iMM Lisboa A team of researchers from Instituto de Medicina Molecular (iMM) Lisboa successfully used a pioneer method to chemically modify...

(University of Bonn) The Arctic is often in the headlines: starving polar bears on melting ice, the reckless hunt for raw materials, an increase in...

Credit: © Lunghammer - TU Graz Biofuels obtained from biomass are becoming increasingly important. Apart from biomethane, however, they cannot be produced efficiently, cheaply and...

Scientific research at the ULB Center for Diabetes Research and the Erasmus Hospital of the ULB leads to the identification of a new type of...

Credit: Dr. Bimal Banik et al., Bentham Science Publishers Indoloquinoline alkaloids have received significant popularity because of their antimalarial and DNA intercalating properties as well...

EUGENE, Ore. -- Oct. 12, 2017 -- Although proteins have very different function functions, or specialties, in living cells, they share the general characteristics --...

Credit: University of Alberta Recent research discoveries in the development of brain disorders could pave the way to new therapies for treating seizures, and even...

Credit: Lilian Hsiao New research from North Carolina State University, MIT and the University of Michigan finds that the surface texture of microparticles in a...

Johns Hopkins University scientists are part of a research team assessing how a person's genetic profile affects his body. The results could help show how...

Using a modified version of the CRISPR genome-editing system, MIT researchers have developed a new way to screen for genes that protect against specific diseases....

Credit: Colleen Gino The recent intense hurricanes in the Atlantic have sharply focused attention on how climate change can exacerbate extreme weather events. Scientific research...

Credit: Turner et al./Cell 2017 Autism has genetic roots, but most cases can't be explained by current genetic tests. Now, patterns found in autistic children's...

Credit: Luke Mahler EAST LANSING, Mich. - While many animals try to avoid sticky situations, lizards evolved to seek them out. Travis Hagey, Michigan State...

Credit: Mike Morse/Northeastern University Fifteen years ago, a class of proteins was discovered, which give humans innate immunity to HIV-1. Unfortunately, HIV-1 is a smart...