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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 European Court of Justice has struck down the so-called Safe Harbor agreement, which allowed U.S. companies to skirt many European data privacy laws. Computer scientist Anna Lysyanskaya says now is a good time for companies to start using cryptographic methods that enable them to do business without collecting customers’ private information.
Low-impact development technologies (LIDs) that mimic pre-urban stream functions are solutions that University of California, Irvine and other academics are looking at to help take advantage of El Nino conditions in California.
MIT study, “Experimentation in Product Evaluation: Household Water Filters in Ahmedabad, India,” assesses suitability, scalability, and sustainability of water filters.
A new study shows that training individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to acquire new information by repeating the information actually harms their ability to apply that learned knowledge to other situations.
From New Jersey to North Carolina to Ghana, a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill undergraduate researcher follows her passion to improve access to clean water.