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Researchers have found molecular evidence of how a biochemical process controls the lengths of protective chromosome tips, a potentially significant step in ultimately understanding cancer growth and aging.

A freak set of weather events led to tropical storm Etau dumping record amounts of rainfall, but climate change may have played a part too

A senior molecular biology major knows MRSA as the infection that took his dad's leg. Now he is exacting revenge on the bacteria by unlocking the power of a new MRSA-killer: bacteriophage.

Sending information with the help of light is the future. It requires 'light chips', made of a special glass. Scientists from the UT research institute MESA+ have now managed to equip these light chips - which were alrea...

Researchers from The University of Western Australia and Humboldt University of Berlin have completed testing that has effectively measured the spatial consistency of the speed of light with a precision ten times greater...

Smoking pot may increase risk for prediabetes.

TV screens that roll up. Roofing tiles that double as solar panels. Sun-powered cell phone chargers woven into the fabric of backpacks. A new generation of organic semiconductors may allow these kinds of flexible electro...

Atom-thin layers of carbon can be turned into superconductors -- extraordinary materials that conduct electricity without dissipating energy, physicists say.

A giant superchain of volcanoes in Australia may be the largest string of continental volcanoes on Earth, new research suggests.

In patients with rapid-cycling bipolar disorder, a clinical trial shows antidepressants can increase incidents of depression and mood cycling. Patients are considered rapid cycling in bipolar disorder if they experience ...

Single grandparents raising grandchildren are more vulnerable to poor physical and mental health than are single parents, according to a study. These caregivers may be at greater risk for diminished physical capacity and...

Microbiology researchers studying a soil bacterium have identified a potential mechanism for neurodegenerative diseases. A role for the protein HSD10 had been suspected in patients with Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson'...

Researchers have identified the mechanism by which valproic acid controls epileptic seizures, and by doing so, also revealed an underlying factor of seizures.

A part of the brain lost from scientific literature for over a century may be responsible for a key component of perceptionm according to a new study from the neuroscientist who was part of the team that rediscovered the...

Using one of the world's most extensive genetics data sets, an international research team has identified a novel gene implicated in osteoporosis. Osteoporosis is a common disease that will lead to fractures in between o...

Societies are failing women, children and adolescents, particularly in the poorest communities around the world, and urgent action is needed to save lives and improve health, say global health experts.

School meals paired with popular vegetables are less likely to wind up in garbage bins, research has shown. A research team measured food waste in three elementary schools in Bryan and Dallas.

Larger and private colleges and universities seem to attract hookah cafes and lounges, but smoke-free policies decrease these odds, according to findings of a new study.

A panel of experts and researchers has developed a new classification system for gout, the most common form of inflammatory arthritis. This new system standardizes the classification of this condition using a variety of ...

Researchers at Cardiff University have devised a way of increasing the yield of biodiesel by using the waste left over from its production process.

In an attempt to unravel how matter and antimatter differ--and why we seem to have more of one than the other in our universe--scientists at the Large Hadron Collider have been studying the production and decay of partic...

Zebra finches who raised chicks with their mate of choice proved to be better parents than those that had an arranged partnership