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The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) launched a new tool to help biomedical and life science investigators identify US suppliers of research...

Credit: Hugh Safford/USDA Forest Service A study spanning 10 national forests and 14 burned areas in California found that conifer seedlings were found in less...

Before modern medical lab techniques became available, doctors diagnosed some diseases by smelling a patient's breath. Scientists have been working for years to develop analytical...

A class of flame retardants known as polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) have been phased out of production in the U.S. out of concern for their...

The compound view shows a new ALMA Band 5 view of the colliding galaxy system Arp 220 (in red) on top of an image from...

Credit: Brian Jones/Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Humans and other animals carry rogue sequences of DNA in their genomes called transposable elements (TEs). To prevent...

Credit: Stobart et al Nature Communications (2016). Crafting a vaccine against RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) has been a minefield for 50 years, but scientists believe...

Credit: The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University Among the most important molecules in the living world are sugars or carbohydrates, which play a vital...

Molecules 10,000 times narrower than the width of a human hair could hold the key to making possible wooden skyscrapers and more energy-efficient paper production,...

Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (Dec. 20, 2016) - As the valves in a heart stretch with each beat, their cells take in life-giving...

Credit: Tokyo Institute of Technology Traditional computer memory, known as DRAM, uses electric fields to store information. In DRAM, the presence or absence of an...

Professor Frédéric Veyrier's most recent research, in collaboration with the team of Professor Hilde De Reuse at the Institut Pasteur, has shed light on key...

In the Arctic, the Inuits have adapted to severe cold and a predominantly seafood diet. After the first population genomic analysis of the Greenland Inuits...

Credit: Benjamin Wetzel Researchers from INRS and the FEMTO-ST Institute in France have used a novel measurement technique that magnifies time to reveal how ultrafast...

In its search for extrasolar planets, the Kepler space telescope looks for stars whose light flux periodically dims, signaling the passing of an orbiting planet...