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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 USC study identifies the strongest environmental predictor of childhood and adolescent obesity.
A nanoparticle-based treatment developed by researchers at Yale and the University of Connecticut is aimed at fighting brain cancer.
Yale researchers have found that the ability of fish in temperate and polar ecosystems to move between shallow and deep water triggers species biodiversity.
UCI physicists have detected neutrinos created by a particle collider, a discovery which promises to deepen scientists’ understanding of the subatomic particles.
University of Arizona physicists led an international team in achieving optical switching of a light signal at one quintillionth of a second. to reach previously unattainable data transfer speeds.