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Credit: James Chong For the first time scientists have directly observed living bacteria in polar ice and snow – an environment once considered sterile. The...

Credit: Geir Johnsen, NTNU/UNIS Some of the smallest creatures on the planet — zooplankton — make the most widespread vertical migration of biomass on Earth....

Credit: American Chemical Society Think of life as a house: if DNA molecules are blueprints, then messenger RNAs (mRNAs) are orders, describing the required parts...

Credit: Adapted with permission from Pawar et al., Nano Lett. DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b01870. Copyright (2017) American Chemical Society. Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem's C..

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, Sept. 22, 2017 — Researchers added a scaffold/matrix attachment region (S/MAR) to a conventional adeno-associated virus...

Northwestern scientist and lead study author Marcus Peter – Credits: Northwestern University Super assassin in every cell is poised to take out cancer cells Cancer...

Credit: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center BOSTON – Packed with nutrients linked to better health, walnuts are also thought to discourage overeating by promoting feelings...

San Diego, CA and Copenhagen, Denmark, June 11, 2017 – Researchers from the University of Copenhagen, together with colleagues from the University of Colorado, Tufts...

Credit: Jennifer McCann / Penn State The most economical way to kill bacteria that cause common food-borne illnesses — mostly caused by Salmonella enterica —...

Feeding premature babies mostly breast milk during the first month of life appears to spur more robust brain growth, compared with babies given little or...

Credit: Osaka University Japanese researchers from Osaka University have discovered that the interaction between two proteins, M18BP1/KNL2 and CENP-A, is essential for cell division in...

Credit: Muller et al., Malaria Journal, 2017' Removing the flowers of an invasive shrub from mosquito-prone areas might be a simple way to help reduce...

Pulmonology and genetics experts from two Utah healthcare organizations have collaboratively developed a new diagnostic genomic testing method for a rare form of pulmonary hypertension...

Credit: Illustration: Oliver Day, Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. — Animals in the Goldilocks zone — neither too big, nor too small, but just the...

Feeling tired? Even if we aren’t tired, why do we yawn if someone else does? Experts at the University of Nottingham have published research that...