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Chen et al. discuss the emerging antitumor applications of extracellularly reengineered polymeric nanocarriers. Chen et al. write an informative and interesting review on the methods by which nanoparticle drug delivery v...

A stroll on the beach turned strange for two co-workers this week when they stumbled upon a giant (and newly deceased) deep-sea creature that had made its way ashore.

NASA could land astronauts on the Red Planet by 2039 without breaking the bank, provided the space agency takes a stepwise approach that includes a manned 2033 trip to the Mars moon Phobos, according to the research.

A new test could use just a small amount of your blood to reveal a slew of the viruses that have ever infected you.

A new study finds that the sometimes-deadly skin cancer melanoma usually arises in normal skin, where there is no dark spot or sign of cancer until the melanoma suddenly shows up.

A rare striped rabbit, seen only a handful of times, has peeked out of its tropical forest home, and a graduate student got the chance of a lifetime, holding and photographing the little guy.

Triceratops is known for its distinguished trio of horns, but the dinosaur's teeth are just as distinctive, a new study finds.

When Gregory Erickson and Brandon Krick cut open 66 million-year-old Triceratops fossil teeth they found five different well-preserved tissue types.

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Troops of gelada monkeys in Ethiopia are unfazed by wolves wandering through to hunt rodents, but is one domesticating the other just as humans did with dogs?

Scientists at ETH Zurich are able to visualize and selectively modify the internal order of an intensively researched class of materials known as multiferroics. This opens the door to promising applications in electronic...

A Si quantum dot (QD)-based hybrid inorganic/organic light-emitting diode (LED) that exhibits white-blue electroluminescence has been fabricated by Professor Ken-ichi SAITOW (Natural Science Center for Basic Research and...

An artificial intelligence (AI) system has solved a puzzle that has eluded scientists for more than 100 years: how a tiny, freshwater flatworm regenerates its body parts.

Massive ocean waves that seem to come from nowhere endanger ships and oil platforms, but now there is a way to see them coming

Scientists have defined the smallest, most accurate thermometer allowed by the laws of physics--one that could detect the smallest fluctuations in microscopic regions, such as the variations within a biological cell.

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Biochemists have devised a new technique that will make the job of blueprinting certain proteins considerably faster, cheaper and easier. The breakthrough will make a big splash in the field of drug discovery and develop...

As a result of their work, teachers suffer psychosomatic disorders such as exhaustion, fatigue, and headaches more frequently than other occupational groups, claims a new report.

Extremely poor vision can be caused by strabismus in early childhood or by a displaced optical axis. Amblyopia is caused not by organic damage to the eyes but by the brain incorrectly fitting together the images the eyes...

Some look like punks, others like clowns. A seasonal census is uncovering a wide variety of sea slug species in a biodiversity hotspot

From flocks of starlings to schools of fish, nature is full of intricate dynamics that emerge from the collective behavior of individuals. In recent years, interest has grown in trying to capture similar dynamics to make...

(Inside Science Currents Blog) -- With today being National Donut Day, and this year's Tour de France coming up in the next month, I recalled how a late MIT physicist known for his work in the Manhattan Project once comb...