Gasoline-like fuels can be made from cellulosic materials such as farm and forestry waste using a new process invented by chemists at the University of California, Davis. The process could open up new markets ...

The less education you have, the more your attitude counts when it comes to staying alive and well. That's the finding of a new study conducted by personality ...

A new coral species, Psammogorgia hookeri, has been collected by scuba divers from rocky ledges at depths to 25 meters in Peru's Paracas National Reserve. The corals' hand-sized ...

Perfect sheets of diamond a few atoms thick appear to be possible even without the big squeeze that makes natural gems. Scientists have speculated about it and ...

Falmouth, Mass. – A team of Woods Hole Research Center (WHRC) scientists created maps of habitat corridors connecting protected areas in the ...

Despite their typically small size and sparse distribution, farms that sell their products locally may boost economic growth in their communities in some regions of the U.S., according to a team of economists. "There ...

The same physics that gives tornadoes their ferocious stability lies at the heart of new University of Washington research, and could lead to a better understanding of nuclear dynamics in studying fission, ...

HOUSTON – (Feb. 3, 2014) – Chinese protectionism in the digital media sphere has created a major underdiscussed trade gap between China and the United States, and the U.S. government must ...

SEATTLE—Group Health studied how patients with treated hypertension used outpatient specialty care before, ...

The accumulation of age-associated changes in a biochemical process that helps control genes may be responsible for some of the increased risk of cancer seen ...

MADISON — As many American public school districts adopt single-sex classrooms and even entire schools, a new study finds scant evidence that they offer educational or social benefits. The study was the largest and ...

Maybe you've seen the movies or played with toy Transformers, those shape-shifting machines that ...

WHAT: NIH scientists have discovered a mechanism involved in stabilizing key HIV ...

EUGENE, Ore. -- A new study finds that a dedicated team that makes decisions based on data ...

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WHAT: A team of researchers has reported a novel method for tracking CD4+ ...

Alexandria, VA – A complex interaction between lava and water, rather than a fight between mythical troll-beasts of lore, is responsible for the occurrence of rare terrestrial ...

One of the hopes for victory against cancer hinges on naturally-occurring proteins whose job is to make their host cell die. Since their natural role is to stop ...

Researchers from Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Massey Cancer Center have discovered a new signaling pathway in sterile inflammation that could impact the ...

Amsterdam, NL, February 4, 2014 – There is a growing need for Cognitive Rehabilitation Therapy (CRT) due to the huge influx of soldiers ...

While the origin of life remains mysterious, scientists are finding more and more evidence that material created in space and delivered to Earth by comet and meteor ...

Boston, MA-- Researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) have found that exposure to short wavelength, or ...

New insights into how the cells in our bodies divide could improve our knowledge of a condition linked to cancer, a study suggests. Errors in the cell division process – which allows us to grow ...

OAK BROOK, Ill. – Digital mammography screening with new photon-counting technique offers high diagnostic performance, according to a study published online in the journal Radiology. As ...

PHILADELPHIA — Among patients with advanced melanoma, presence of higher levels of the protein vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in blood was associated with poor response ...