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Credit: Professor Hitoshi Takizawa It has been thought that only immune cells would act as the line of defense during bacterial infection. However, recent research...

Credit: Wan-Lin Wu Medical treatment that targets human proteins rather than ever-mutating viruses may one day help HIV-positive people whose bodies have built a resistance...

Credit: Ryan McManamay/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US Dept. of Energy OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Aug. 23, 2017 - New mapping methods developed by researchers at the...

Credit: Georgia Aquarium ATLANTA - Twelve years of data on the health of two Atlantic bottlenose dolphin populations paints a grim reality concerning the wellbeing...

Credit: Robert Boessenecker CHARLESTON (South Carolina), Aug. 23, 2017 - Continuing to uncover fossil evidence along the coast of South Carolina, researchers, led by a...

Millions of fish-deaths caused by toxic Prymnesium algal blooms could be prevented with the application of a household chemical best known for bleaching hair, breakthrough...

Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Having twice the normal amount of the protein MeCP2, a condition called MECP2 duplication syndrome, causes severe progressive neuropsychiatric disorders...

Credit: Jose Loaiza A new study by scientists from the Smithsonian, the Panamanian government and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, among other institutions, concludes that...

Credit: Courtesy of Samantha Oliver MADISON, Wis. -- In recent decades, change has defined our environment in the United States. Agriculture intensified. Urban areas sprawled....

Credit: Christ-claude Mowandza-ndinga So much of what happens inside cells to preserve health or cause disease is so small or time-sensitive that researchers are just...

Credit: Seth Dixon / St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Researchers have evidence that the specialized T cells responsible for maintaining a balanced immune response are...

Credit: Sison-Mangus Lab The disastrous 2015-16 Dungeness crab season, delayed and shortened by an unprecedented bloom of toxic algae, is a bitter memory for the...

Credit: South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology, Bolzano, Italy. Had an arrow in his back not felled the legendary Iceman some 5,300 years ago, he would...

New research from University of Alberta and University of Vienna microbiologists provides unparalleled insight into the Earth's nitrogen cycle, identifying and characterizing the ammonia-oxidizin..

Credit: Lauren Gibson A Johns Hopkins paleontologist and her collaborative team of scientists report they have clear evidence that the arrival of humans and subsequent...