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A study by researchers at Duke University School of Medicine found that supplying healthy mitochrondra to damaged nerve cells can signifantly help millions managing pain from diabetic neuropathy and chemotherapy.
Researchers from the USF College of Marine Science are studying soft tissue samples from barnacles, oysters, and fish to better understand the state of contamination and its origins in Tampa Bay, Florida's largest estuary.
The advancement lays the groundwork for creating a library of sugar-recognizing proteins that may help detect and treat diverse illnesses.
The olfactory senses of ants help them hunt, detect outsiders, and know their role within a colony. In a new study, researchers have discovered how ants can switch one gene on out of hundreds to ensure their survival.
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Penn State researchers may now better understand how a bacteria called Listeria monocytogenes survive and persist in fruit-packing plants by evading and surviving sanitizers.
Writer, advocate, and Northwestern University lecturer Leigh Bienen is creating digital archives that provide in-depth insights into Chicago's legal history.
Northwestern astrophysicist is member of international team working on new detector
Gravitational waves — ripples in the fabric of space-time first predicted by Albert Einstein in 1916 — have been directly detected here on Earth since September 2015.
Research at the University of Michigan Biological Station (UMBS) have installed a high-frequency snow-depth sensor to monitor snowpack in real-time and better understand the effects of changing winter conditions on ecosystems.
A new study shows how molecules draw on the rules of physics to perform computations similar to neural networks.