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URBANA, Ill. - Researchers at the University of Illinois have shown that a common strategy for reducing postweaning diarrhea in pigs may have negative effects...

Multiple genomic elements work cooperatively and over long distances in order to ensure the proper functioning of chromosomes, a team of scientists has found. Its...

Loading video... Credit: Oka laboratory / Caltech New research from Caltech shows that sour-sensing taste cells play an important role in detecting water on the...

Credit: Sarah Bird/Michigan Tech In a new study published in Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, a team from Michigan Technological University calculated the cost of...

CHICAGO --- Babies exposed to an antidepressant or a mood disorder during fetal life did not have any more signs of irritability, difficulty feeding, sleep...

Boston - Prenatal tobacco exposure is known to have negative short-term impacts including preterm birth, low birth weight and subsequent behavioral issues. However, a new...

Fear of death is a fundamental part of the human experience--we dread the possibility of pain and suffering and we worry that we'll face the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. June 1, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced more than $6.6 million...

The startling extent to which man-made pollution is devastating China's vital ecosystem's ability to offset damaging carbon emissions has been revealed. A pioneering new international...

(Technische Universität Dresden) The selection committee of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation has followed the nomination of TU Dresden and awarded Professor Michael Sieweke a...

Credit: Courtesy of Jiaying Zhu. Stanford, CA--Plants are stationary. This means that the way they grow must be highly internally regulated to use the surrounding...

In the mammalian auditory system, sound waves impinging on the tympanic membrane of the ear are transduced into electrical signals by sensory hair cells and...

Experts, charities, the media and government confuse the public by speaking "different languages" on climate change, a new study says. The research team focussed on...

Orlando, FL (June 1, 2017) - Emerging human studies on mango consumption have found potential health benefits associated with the superfruit including improved blood pressure,...

Credit: J. Gregory, Mount Sinai Health System Baby teeth from children with autism contain more toxic lead and less of the essential nutrients zinc and...