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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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Scientists at Stanford have identified molecules that tough microbes use to survive in warming waters, opening a window more broadly into studying conditions in ancient seas.
Michigan State University researchers have found and flipped a switch in the brain, revealing a single circuit in mice that activates during stress and is controlled by testosterone.
BU engineer unveils a method for printing structures that first appear flat, but then transform into extremely complex shapes, like a human face
In a new study of patients with retinitis pigmentosa, an inherited degenerative eye disease that results in poor vision, University of Southern California researchers found that adapted augmented reality glasses can improve patients’ mobility by 50% and grasp performance by 70%.
MU scientists created one of the first 3D models showing how ligaments and joints in the skull of a Tyrannosaurus rex work