“By replacing a hydrogen atom with a deuterium atom during the synthesis of several fluorescent probes, we increased the stability and shelf life of the dyes,…
Leading physicians and researchers from across the country congregated in Washington to share new findings and groundbreaking studies in sex-differences…
This year, the Rowan team has worked with scientists and engineers from Peapack, N.J., and the Kalamazoo, Mich., plant where drugs such as the widely…
A new understanding of insulin resistance and the action of diabetes drugs such as Avandia and Actos could pave the way for improved medications that are more…
In particular, physicists have suggested that entanglement (the quantum interconnection of two or more objects like photons, electrons, or atoms that are…
A scientific breakthrough might assist in the fight against mosquitoes. New research carried out at the University of Haifa in collaboration with researchers…
Their results show the brain is more flexible and versatile than the computer it is often likened to, and even may lead to new tests for blinding diseases such…
Scientists have long recognized that cancers may look the same under the microscope, but carry different mutations, respond differently to treatment and result…
“Inteins were originally found in nature and seen as an oddity before we knew their function,” says Dr. Paul Liu, professor in the department of Biochemistry…
Research conducted by a Kansas State University team may help solve a problem that scientists and pest controllers have been itching to for years.Kun Yan Zhu,…
University of Illinois graduate student Jennifer Rydzewski conducted a four-year survey of black-legged ticks (also known as deer ticks), their host animals,…
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found that blocking one of the enzymatic steps that allow the tumor to produce androgens could be the key in…
A killer has been caught in the act: the first before-and-after view of an infectious disease that led to an amphibian die-off has been released by the…
Corticosteroid hormones control stress response in animals with backbones, including humans. While scientists have learned quite a bit about these so-called…
Kidney disease is a growing public health problem, with approximately half a million individuals in the United States requiring dialysis treatments to replace…
When Mingjun Zhang was watching his son play in the yard, he was hit with a burning question: “What makes the ivy in his backyard cling to the fence so…