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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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A neuroscientist at MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory is working on potential treatments for amblyopia, or lazy eye, which can impair vision.
A Texas A&M AgriLife plant scientist is joining the space race, of a sort, by helping to understand how plants can survive in space to support human space exploration.
Women in a flood-prone region of India are the key to protecting drinking-water wells for their families and neighbors, but they need stronger voices, according to University of Virginia climate researchers.
New research from the University of Minnesota found, when combined with artificial intelligence, remote sensing could dramatically improve management of soybean aphid, an invasive pest.
A research group at the Princeton Neuroscience Institute are using neural imaging, optogenetics, motion capture, modeling & AI to understand how a fruit fly’s brain toggles between its standard solo and its mating serenade.