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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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In a recent study at the University of Missouri researchers analyzed how immunological memory gets generated and maintained, as well as the role inflammation plays in shaping that immunological memory.
Researchers at Purdue are working on a method of repurposing existing techniques to produce a microprocessor timing device in a standard chip fab plant could address supply chain and security weak points.
Despite COVID-19, A Dartmouth professor is committed to teaching youth about resource management. Last fall, students traveled along the coast of Maine and to coastal islands to interact with communities that manage a diversity of fisheries—lobstering, shellfish, aquaculture, and more.
The Institute of Arctic Studies will continue to train the next generation of climate change scientists, thanks to a new $1.3 million grant from the National Science Foundation supporting the institute’s Joint Science Education Project through 2026.
A nutrient that is common in the human diet has been found to aid the survival of a cancer-causing bacterium, a new Yale study finds.