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EAST LANSING, Mich. – Proteins are the workhorses of life, mediating almost all biological events in every life form. Scientists know how proteins are structured,...

Credit: UBC Dairy cows housed indoors want to break curfew and roam free, suggests new research from the University of British Columbia, published today in...

Credit: Sandra Tavares, IGC. A study published now on Nature Communications* shows that breast cancer cells undergo a stiffening state prior to acquiring malignant features...

Credit: Hirano M. et al., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Aug. 28, 2017 Flaviviruses are a significant...

LA JOLLA–Scientists have, for the first time, characterized the molecular markers that make the brain’s front lines of immune defense–cells called microglia–unique. In the process,...

Timing is everything when it comes to the development of the vertebrate face. In a new study published in PLoS Genetics, USC Stem Cell researcher...

Credit: Rob Robbins/US Antarctic Program Some Antarctic fish living in the planet's coldest waters are able to cope with the stress of rising carbon dioxide...

Credit: Daniel Miller When estimating portion size, we may be more influenced by food images on the packaging than by the listed serving size leading...

Credit: Brigham and Women's Hospital Investigators from Brigham and Women's Hospital today announced results of a clinical trial culminating from 25 years of cardiovascular research...

Credit: IDIBELL Researchers at the Institute of Biomedical Research of Bellvitge (IDIBELL), led by Dr. Eva Gonzalez-Suarez, have shown that pharmacological and genetic inhibition of...

Credit: courtesy photo MISSOULA – University of Montana doctoral candidate Eric Palm recently was selected for the prestigious NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship. He...

Melbourne researchers have uncovered the genes responsible for the way the body fights infection at the point of 'invasion' – whether it's the skin, liver,...

Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA — Researchers in Georgia State University's Institute for Biomedical Sciences have received a four-year, $1.4 million federal grant to study...

Credit: NYU Langone Health People with multiple sclerosis (MS) who underwent a non-invasive form of electrical brain stimulation experienced significant reductions in fatigue, a common...

Credit: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia One of the few large studies to report long-term outcomes in cardiac patients treated in childhood with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation...