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Credit: DTU Researchers at the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability in Denmark have developed a method of producing P450 enzymes - used by plants...

Credit: Kamiel Spoelstra / NIOO-KNAW Artificial light at night can have a disruptive effect on bats, but not if the light is red. Switching to...

Credit: Image credit: Edgard Espinoza, 2017. Tackling the problem of illegal logging is particularly challenging as it is often nearly impossible to tell where a...

Credit: Queen's University Belfast Currently, most parts of a smart phone are made of silicon and other compounds, which are expensive and break easily, but...

Credit: Baycrest Health Sciences Baycrest Health Sciences will pursue new avenues in brain health research thanks to support from Canada's health research investment agency. Two...

Rice bran, the outer covering of the rice grain, has high nutritional value and is a rich source of proteins, fats, minerals and micronutrients such...

Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Adults who don't routinely eat vegetables for lunch may be more likely to consume them if...

Credit: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo Researchers at São Paulo State University (UNESP) in Brazil have published a census of...

Credit: RCSB Protein Data Bank Parkinson's disease is a debilitating neurological illness that affects approximately 10 million people worldwide. It is marked by a progressive...

Osteoporosis is a disease that causes thinning of the bones, loss of bone density, and increasingly fragile bones. This puts people at higher risk for...

In a new research paper published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, Thomas E. Finucane, MD, of the Johns Hopkins Geriatrics Center at...

Taking a transformative approach to functional materials, a UC Santa Barbara polymer chemist has created innovative results that feature new properties and new applications. Now,...

Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--A Georgia State University researcher, in collaboration with researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and Florida State University, has received a...

June 2, 2017 - Available evidence suggests that soft contact lenses can be safely prescribed to children and adolescents, with no increase in adverse effects...

LOS ANGELES (June 6, 2017) -- About one in three hospitalized patients shows symptoms of depression, potentially affecting their clinical outcomes, a new Cedars-Sinai study...