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Scientists have identified a new regulator for the intracellular trafficking of proteins between the endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi apparatus, which is a crucial process for maintaining homeostasis and prevention of hum...

A fear memory was reduced in people by exposing them to the memory over and over again while they slept. It's the first time that emotional memory has been manipulated during sleep, report scientists. The finding potenti...

Scientists have moved closer to developing a universal flu vaccine after using the 2009 pandemic as a natural experiment to study why some people seem to resist severe illness.

Researchers for the first time have identified the site where the widely used anesthetic drug propofol binds to receptors in the brain to sedate patients during surgery.

Exposing sleeping people to smells linked with something they fear is the first step towards a stress-free way to overcome phobias     

Switching from fossil fuels could save as many as 1.3 million people's lives a year by 2050, allowing them to continue contributing to society     

Google made a big press splash when it announced the launch of a life sciences spinoff company, Calico. But what exactly will the company do? The breadcrumbs point to a data-driven approach to improving healthy life expe...

People can now insure one another in peer-to-peer networks and do away with big insurance companies and premiums     

(Vienna University of Technology) Clathrates are crystals consisting of tiny cages in which single atoms can be enclosed. These atoms significantly alter the material properties of the crystal. By trapping cerium atoms i...