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A new theory of gravity might explain the curious motions of stars in galaxies. Emergent gravity, as the new theory is called, predicts the exact same deviation of motions that is usually explained by invoking dark matte...

Physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have developed a diagnostic that provides crucial real-time information about the ultrahot plasma swirling within doughnut-sh...

Researchers have identified cells targeted by a male hormone and found that an excess of that hormone at a specific time can cause genital defects in female mice.

Larger populations allowed humans to shed weakly deleterious gene variants that were widespread in Neanderthals, new research indicates.

Early modern humans interbred with Neanderthals, but thanks to our bigger population evolution has purged out many of the deleterious genes we acquired this way

Among women with high-risk early breast cancer, the use of tailored dose-dense chemotherapy compared with standard adjuvant chemotherapy did not result in a statistically significant improvement in breast cancer recurren...

Among very low-birth-weight (VLBW) infants, the use of supplemental donor milk compared with formula did not improve neurodevelopment at 18 months, according to a study.

Scientists examined associations of e-cigarette vaping with subsequent smoking frequency and heavy smoking among adolescents. E-cigarette vaping is reported by 37 percent of U.S. 10th-grade adolescents and is associated ...

The human body produces T cells to recognize and fight disease. Each T cell has a unique T cell receptor (or TCR) on its surface that surveils small fragments of proteins presented by other cells. Upon detecting evidence...

A critical point looms for Europe's life-hunting Mars rover after its test lander crashed. It must roll on, say astrobiologists Dirk Schulze-Makuch and Alberto Fairén

A research team reports their research findings on the synthesis of a newly discovered "game-changing" antibiotic, Teixobactin. This underlies potential application and development of the next-generation teixobactin-base...

Two professors have examined new data suggesting that the number of student applications for residency programs has gotten out of hand, creating a problem that needs to be solved.

Small DNA molecules known as plasmids are one of the key culprits in spreading the major global health threat of antibiotic resistance, new research suggests.

A signaling pathway has the potential to block a type of cancer in the cerebellum, suggests new research. The work is focused on brain tumor formation in animal models of medulloblastoma, the most common malignant brain ...

The eruption of Thera did more than blow a hole into the island and trigger tsunamis and flooding, it also set off the decline of the Minoan culture.

Biochemists have created the first atlas that maps where molecular tools that can switch genes on and off will bind to the human genome. It is a development they say could enable these tools to be targeted to specific pa...

Scientists can now grow 3-D models of lungs from stem cells, creating new ways to study respiratory diseases, report scientists.

Body clock function can break down when light and temperature levels throughout the day are out of sync, finds new research in fruit flies.

Over a 6-year period, patients with the genetic disease lipoprotein lipase deficiency (LPLD) who received a single gene therapy treatment of alipogene tiparvovec had a marked reduction in the severity and frequency of pa...

Enzymes called kinases manage a wide range of cell processes, from metabolism, cell signaling, nutrient transport, and many others. Because they can affect so many different cell activities, kinases are tightly regulated...

Television cooking shows are an important resource for home cooks, but if these shows fail to model recommended food safety measures, it may lead to poor practices among consumers. Therefore, researchers have devised a s...

The long strange trip: a history of voting machines.