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Credit: Credit: Cingolani Lab PHILADELPHIA -- To generate swarms of new viral particles, a virus hijacks a cell into producing masses of self-assembling cages that...

DURHAM, N.C. -- Hypoxic dead zones in the Gulf of Mexico drive up the price of large shrimp relative to smaller sizes, causing economic ripples...

Credit: Bostjan Kobe A University of Queensland-led study has highlighted the minute details of how the plant¹s immune system leads to its ability to resist...

BOSTON - A new study among more than 1000 colorectal cancer patients at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has revealed that a surprising number of patients, about...

In several types of cancer, elevated expression of the chemokine receptor CCR4 in tumors is associated with poor patient outcomes. Communication through CCR4 may be...

Credit: Sonia Fernandez In the ancient Japanese art of origami, paper must be folded precisely and following a specific order to create the desired result...

Credit: Fran Webber/NIST Providing wireless communications in a factory, plant or other industrial environment these days means more than just helping employees talk with each...

Credit: Courtesy of Shouling Xu and Zhiyong Wang. Stanford, CA -- New work from Carnegie's Shouling Xu and Zhiyong Wang reveals that the process of...

A naturally occurring hormone that plays an important role in fetal development may be the basis for a new type of reversible contraceptive that can...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- A team of Florida State University researchers has discovered that a common household pest can tell us a lot about an aggressive...

Researchers have uncovered 30 genes that could, one day, serve as therapeutic targets to reverse Rett syndrome, a rare neurological disorder that affects only girls...

Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Scott Wiessinger, producer NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has identified the farthest gamma-ray blazars, a type of galaxy whose intense...

Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Scott Wiessinger, producer An international science team says NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has observed high-energy light from solar e..

Scientists have long known of the potential of microalgae to aid in the production of biofuels and other valuable chemicals. However, the difficulty and significant...

MANHATTAN, KANSAS -- What Silicon Valley is to technology, Kansas State University is to biodefense. When former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle and the bipartisan...