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T cells, the managers of our immune systems, spend their days shaking hands with another type of cell that presents small pieces of protein from...

Credit: Grace John/UCLA It is rare in biology that a single trait can answer questions spanning several fields of research. One such trait is plant...

Credit: Steve Zylius / UCI Irvine, Calif., March 7, 2017 - Chemists at the University of California, Irvine have developed a way to neutralize deadly...

Credit: Credits: NOAA/NASA Goddard MODIS Rapid Response Tropical Cyclone Enawo was battering the northeastern region of Madagascar when NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite passed overhead on...

Orange, Calif., March 7, 2017 -- University of California, Irvine researchers have identified a specific mutation that allows melanoma tumor cells to remain undetected by...

A protein has been found to have a previously unknown role in the ageing of cells, according to an early study by Queen Mary University...

Loading video... Credit: UHN (TORONTO, Canada - March 7, 2017) - Ovarian cancer researchers have identified a protein biomarker expressed on the surface of tumour...

CORVALLIS, Ore. - Research at Oregon State University suggests that photographs of your food are good for a lot more than just entertaining your friends...

Credit: University of Houston Invasive surgical techniques - cutting through the breastbone for open heart surgery or making a large incision to inspect an abdominal...

As health officials struggle to boost the number of teens vaccinated against the deadly human papillomavirus, a new study from Southern Methodist University, Dallas, found...

Genetic mutations can increase a person's cancer risk, but other gene "enhancer" elements may also be responsible for disease progression, according to new research out...

WASHINGTON, D.C., March 7, 2017 -- Glasses are not, perhaps surprisingly, technically solid in a crystalized form, but are substances frozen in a liquidlike structure....

WASHINGTON D.C., March 7, 2017 -- Nature's carbonate system, the dynamic chemistry involving carbon dioxide (CO2), carbonate (CO32-), bicarbonate (HCO3-), and carbonic acid (H2CO3), is...

WASHINGTON D.C., March 7, 2017 -- From compasses used in ancient overseas navigation to electrical motors, sensors, and actuators in cars, magnetic materials have been...

Credit: Du and Maroudas WASHINGTON, D.C., March 7, 2017 -- Surface roughness reduction is a really big deal when it comes to fundamental surface physics...