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Credit: Thomas Werner Pulling data from 180 different lines of fruit flies, researchers from Michigan Technological University compared resistance to a toxin found in mushrooms...

The iron-containing molecule heme is necessary for life. Cells require heme to perform the chemical reactions that produce energy, among other critical tasks. Scientists who...

Credit: The University of Akron Dr. Junliang (Julian) Tao is the latest University of Akron faculty member to be awarded a prestigious National Science Foundation...

MINNEAPOLIS - There's good news for kids with epilepsy. While several new drugs have come out in the last several years for adults with epilepsy,...

Credit: Andrii Pshenychnyi A University of Central Florida professor has invented a way to use light to continuously monitor a surgical patient's blood, for the...

Credit: Public domain. FEMA/Andrea Booher AMHERST, Mass. - A recent first-of-its-kind analysis of wildfire records over 20 years shows that human-started fires accounted for 84...

Humans have dramatically increased the spatial and seasonal extent of wildfires across the U.S. in recent decades and ignited more than 840,000 blazes in the...

It is a question that has mystified countless people: Why does one article spread like wildfire through social media and another -- seemingly similar --...

Credit: Thor Balkhed In November 2015, the research group presented results showing that they had caused roses to absorb a conducting polymer solution. Conducting hydrogel...

ITHACA, N.Y. - Hunting for habitable exoplanets now may be easier: Cornell University astronomers report that hydrogen pouring from volcanic sources on planets throughout the...

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Mobile apps designed to keep teens safe online are overwhelmingly focused on parental control, which may be only a short-term solution that...

Loading video... Credit: The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Research has proven the importance of early access to sound and spoken language among newborns...

Credit: Lei Tao/Rice University Rice University researchers have modeled a nanoscale sandwich, the first in what they hope will become a molecular deli for materials...

Physicians should be well-versed in the herbal medications heart disease patients may take to be able to effectively discuss their clinical implications, potential benefits and...

Credit: Zhongyong Gao and Di Qi Ocean acidification (OA) is spreading rapidly in the western Arctic Ocean in both area and depth, according to new...