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Credit: Kasper Røjkjær Andersen New Danish research provides mechanistic insight into how DNA is monitored and repaired if damage occurs. The results may eventually help...

Credit: Anna Vinokurova The quantum dots used by the researchers are particles of semi-conducting material just a few nanometres wide, and are the subject of...

Standard antidepressant medications don't work for everyone, and even when they do they are slow to kick in. In an effort to find better depression...

Credit: Michiru Ida-Eto New method for the diagnosis of autism was found by researchers at Mie University. Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder, characterized by impairments...

New research supports the creation of more marine reserves in the world's oceans because, the authors say, fish can evolve to be more cautious and...

Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - Geologist and geochemist Isaac Larsen at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has received a five-year, $542,000 faculty early career...

Credit: Image by Purdue University Envision Center WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - As children, we learned about our solar system's planets by certain characteristics -- Jupiter...

Smokers treated for breast cancer have much higher risks than non-smokers of developing lung cancer or heart attack as a result of radiotherapy - according...

Tumors of the brain and spinal cord, or gliomas, are among the most commonly occurring brain tumors. Although a majority of gliomas are classified as...

Credit: Credit: Purdue Agricultural Communications/Tom Campbell WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Doctors may soon be able to detect and monitor a patient's cancer with a simple...

Credit: Sun & Chan/U of T Engineering ATMs and coffee shops such as Tim Hortons, Starbucks and Second Cup make ideal locations for placing automated...

Credit: Gianluca Fontana/UW-Madison MADISON, Wis. -- Borrowing from nature is an age-old theme in science. Form and function go hand-in-hand in the natural world and...

Credit: Arcadio Castillo, STRI Dead zones affect dozens of coral reefs around the world and threaten hundreds more according to a new study by Smithsonian...

Credit: NASA/Frankie Martin Bacteria may mutate more rapidly in space and scientists theorize patterns of those mutations could help predict how pathogens become resistant to...

A small protein that could protect the brain from stroke-induced injury has been discovered by researchers from The University of Queensland and Monash University. UQ...