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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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The common struggle of remembering a face or a name gets more difficult as we age, and new research from Rice University aims to figure out why.
Duke researchers may have come up with a way to disarm bacteria that ravage crops by injecting microbial proteins, and thus help prevent $220 billion in annual crop damage.
On May 27, 2021, the Telescope Array experiment detected the second-highest extreme-energy cosmic ray. At 2.4 x 1020eV, the energy of this single subatomic particle is equivalent to dropping a brick on your toe from waist height.
A new approach to examining the effects of climate change on marine ecosystems may provide a more accurate understanding of climate change responses, according to a new paper co-authored by a Brown University biologist.
The University of Missouri Research Reactor, known as MURR, is the only U.S. producer of four critical medical isotopes.