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As indicated by their name, photoreceptor cells in the eye respond to light: is an image point bright or dark? They do not indicate the...

Credit: Michael Houtz, Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences A fungal biopesticide that shows promise for the control of bed bugs is highly effective even...

Hearing is made possible when hair bundles protruding from the tops of hair cells capture the energy of sound waves, converting them into electrical signals...

Expanding publicly funded health insurance to low-income children could have long-term benefits for adult health, according to new research from the University of Maryland School...

Credit: Ludwig Cancer Research DECEMBER 19, 2017, New York — Scientists have known since the 1980s that many cancer cells are relatively sensitive to the...

After over two decades of climate negotiation meetings, it is clear that agreeing on reduction of emissions poses a great challenge. Researchers are attempting to...

1. Re-analysis of evidence suggests that PSA screening significantly reduces the risk for death from prostate cancer Abstract: http://annals.org/aim/article/doi/10.7326/M16-2586 Editorial: http://anna..

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, September 12, 2017–A new study has demonstrated the potential to use a frequency distribution-based index of...

Credit: Natalie Shaw, MD Researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) led a large, international research team that has identified gene mutations associated with a rare...

Credit: Ken Zaret, Ph.D., Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania PHILADELPHIA – A team of researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the...

Using R at the Bench: Step-by-Step Data Analytics for Biologists, published by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press and available in spiral bound hardcover and e-book...

Credit: WFU/Ken Bennett Drinking a beetroot juice supplement before working out makes the brain of older adults perform more efficiently, mirroring the operations of a...

Credit: Columbia University Medical Center NEW YORK, NY (January 24, 2015)–A paper published today in the New England Journal of Medicine reports that solanezumab, a...

A new blood test to detect Mycobacteria in blood has been developed by a team at The University of Nottingham led by Dr Cath Rees,...

Credit: Chris Heaphy Two recently discovered genetic differences between brain cancer cells and normal tissue cells — an altered gene and a snippet of noncoding...