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ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Mayo Clinic scientists have identified a specific protein implicated in drug resistance, as well as a possible therapeutic tool. Their work appears...

Loading video... Credit: NYU Langone Medical Center A global research team has built five new synthetic yeast chromosomes, meaning that 30 percent of a key...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Metal fatigue can lead to abrupt and sometimes catastrophic failures in parts that undergo repeated loading, or stress. It's a major cause...

Led by Tianjin University (TJU) Professor Ying-Jin Yuan, TJU's synthetic biology team has completed the synthesis of redesigned yeast chromosomes synV and synX with the...

Credit: Credits: NASA JPL/Ed Olsen Just after Tropical Cyclone 11S formed in the Southern Indian Ocean NASA's Aqua satellite passed overhead gathering data using infrared...

A new UCLA study could change scientists' understanding of how the brain works -- and could lead to new approaches for treating neurological disorders and...

Faster, more efficient data storage and computer logic systems could be on the horizon thanks to a new way of tuning electronic energy levels in...

Credit: University of Pennsylvania The field of metamaterials, an intersection of materials science, physics, nanotechnology and electrical engineering, aims to produce structures with unusual elec..

Credit: The Scripps Research Institute JUPITER, FL - March 9, 2017 - Scientists on the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have designed...

Credit: LANL LOS ALAMOS, N.M., March 9, 2017--Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory in collaboration with the University of California - Irvine (UCI) have uncovered...

March 8, 2017 -- A new systematic re-analysis of all previous studies of long-term health effects of prenatal exposure to the Chinese Famine of 1959-61...

CORVALLIS, Ore. - Among women of childbearing age in the U.S., fish consumption has increased in recent years while blood mercury concentrations have decreased, suggesting...

A major contributor to most neurological diseases is the degeneration of a wire-like part of nerve cells called an axon, which electrically transmits information from...

Targeting cancer stem cells may be a more effective way to overcome cancer resistance and prevent the spread of squamous cell carcinoma -- the most...

Credit: Franscisco Barriga, IRB Barcelona The intestine has a high rate of cellular regeneration due to the wear and tear originated by its function degrading...