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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 new study shows that people believe a product is less efficacious when they share it with strangers rather than friends, leading them to use more to make up for that perceived low efficacy.
At UC Riverside, a team of four scientists has laid out their vision for using machine learning to maintain, improve and design some of the most sophisticated scientific equipment on Earth.
Combining experiments in the laboratory with drifters deployed in matts of thick seaweed, scientist Maria Josefina Olascoaga and others hope to learn more about the oceanic conditions that transport the brown macroalgae.
Scientists have identified two species of bacteria found in soil that break down a class of stubborn “forever chemicals,” giving hope for low-cost biological cleanup of industrial pollutants.
A team of University of Miami marine archaeologists and others discovered the remains of a quarantine hospital and cemetery in the waters off Dry Tortugas National Park in Key West.