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Credit: Julie Demars In 1713, Johann Sebastian Bach once wrote a delightful cantata, "Sheep May Safely Graze," whose opening lyric boasts of shepherds protecting sheep...

Credit: NIOO-KNAW When it comes to their role in aquatic ecosystems, exotic water plants are generally no different than indigenous species. In fact, they can...

Credit: Robert Hood / Fred Hutch News Service Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center immunotherapy researchers Drs. Kristin Anderson and Philip Greenberg and their colleagues are...

Researchers affiliated with the University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in São Paulo State, Brazil, have shown that genetic information can be used to improve early prediction...

The human body is made up of trillions of cells, microscopic computers that carry out complex behaviors according to the signals they receive from each...

Credit: Physics Illinois In a surprising new discovery, alpha-tin, commonly called gray tin, exhibits a novel electronic phase when its crystal structure is strained, putting...

A cosmic phenomenon on a colossal scale, resulting from the acceleration of a gas cloud by a black hole and its reacceleration by the shock...

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY'S HAAS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS--How often do you act impulsively without considering the consequences? What if you could learn how to be...

Credit: Illustration by Craig Fennel, eGrafx, and Chuan-Hua Chen. Duke University. WASHINGTON, D.C., April 4, 2017 -- The performance of electronic devices is constrained by...

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY'S HAAS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS--How often do you act impulsively without considering the consequences? What if you could learn how to be...

Credit: Washington University in St. Louis Traumatic brain injury, or TBI, can be devastating and debilitating. Despite intense interest and years of study, the exact...

Credit: John Skalicky A short-term fast appears to counteract increases in blood sugar caused by common cancer drugs and protect healthy cells in mice from...

A team led by researchers from the Stanford University School of Medicine has demonstrated a way to diagnose cancer without resorting to surgery, raising the...

Credit: Illustration is courtesy of Tim Strobel. Washington, DC--It would be difficult to overestimate the importance of silicon when it comes to computing, solar energy,...

The verdict is in: too many single, flirty proteins can break up a strong relationship. A new interdisciplinary Northwestern University study reports that the important...