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Research: comprises "creative and systematic work undertaken to increase the stock of knowledge, including knowledge of humans, culture and society, and the use of this stock of knowledge to devise new applications."
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SEP 13, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Not all fat are bad – brown fat actually act as fuel for the body to stay warm and maintain healthy weights. Now, ...SEP 13, 2016Health & Medicine
LA JOLLA, CA – September 12, 2016 – A new study from scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) sho ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)SEP 13, 2016Neuroscience
The science on psychedelic drugs is a mixture of dire warnings about bad trips and the possible benefits some of the min ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 12, 2016Microbiology
The first month of a newborn’s life is so critical to a lifetime of health that this period has a name: neonate. I ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 12, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Dana Farber/Boston Children's has been able to selectively silence a gene, BCL11A, found in 2008 to be an integral part ...Written By: Jennifer EllisSEP 12, 2016Cancer
A drug that’s currently under testing in people has been found to kill melanoma cells, even the treatment-resistan ...SEP 12, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
The cone snail has been recognized as a natural born killer. While it moves incredibly slowly, it doesn’t have to ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 12, 2016Microbiology
Researchers at MIT have created a new device that allows for the measurement of the growth rate of many individual cells ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 12, 2016Plants & Animals
Dogs are brilliant animals, and it has long been a wonder to think about whether or not they can actually, truly underst ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 12, 2016Cardiology
Scientists have reason to believe that most congenital heart defects are a result of a painfully complicated web of gene ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 12, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
There are undeniable evidence that smoking is harmful to your health. And as a corollary to that, smoking during pregnan ...SEP 12, 2016Neuroscience
Air pollution in highly industrialized urban areas has been implicated in diseases like cancer and respiratory illnesses ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 11, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Junk DNA refers to regions of the genome that did not at first appear to have any function or relevance. Research over t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 11, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
The exact mechanisms that underlie the aging process are not yet fully understood. SIRT6 is one of only a few genes that ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 11, 2016Plants & Animals
Science today is becoming a lot more like the science fiction of 30 years ago. The minds of great scientists have come u ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 11, 2016Space & Astronomy
A team of researchers from UC Santa Cruz, led by Michael Nayak, have been studying the strange chain of craters that app ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 10, 2016Videos
Thermo Fisher Scientific has produced another short, animated video featuring some very basic information about the poly ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 10, 2016Microbiology
A classic defense mechanism of bacteria is the type 6 secretion system, T6SS, is a sort of molecular spear gun. Research ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 10, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Heat shock proteins are known to help the body respond to stress, but new research appears to implicate one of them, Hsp ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 10, 2016Genetics & Genomics
When the bones of an infant’s skull fuse too early, the growing brain is dangerously confined to a small space, ca ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 09, 2016Plants & Animals
It’s believed that climate change may have an effect on the other types of life that inhabit the Earth alongside u ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 09, 2016Microbiology
I couldn’t pass up the chance to write about “Frackibacter”. Candidatus Frackibacter is a potentially ...Written By: Kerry EvansSEP 09, 2016Cancer
For people who love spicy foods, a different type of spice – in the form of ginger – could counter the cance ...SEP 09, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Chinese herbal medicines have been used to treat various ailments for centuries. Some appear to be completely bogus (sna ...
SEP 13, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Not all fat are bad – brown fat actually act as fuel for the body to stay warm and maintain healthy weights. Now,
...
SEP 13, 2016
Health & Medicine
LA JOLLA, CA – September 12, 2016 – A new study from scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) sho
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
SEP 13, 2016
Neuroscience
The science on psychedelic drugs is a mixture of dire warnings about bad trips and the possible benefits some of the min
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 12, 2016
Microbiology
The first month of a newborn’s life is so critical to a lifetime of health that this period has a name: neonate. I
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 12, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Dana Farber/Boston Children's has been able to selectively silence a gene, BCL11A, found in 2008 to be an integral part
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
SEP 12, 2016
Cancer
A drug that’s currently under testing in people has been found to kill melanoma cells, even the treatment-resistan
...
SEP 12, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
The cone snail has been recognized as a natural born killer. While it moves incredibly slowly, it doesn’t have to
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 12, 2016
Microbiology
Researchers at MIT have created a new device that allows for the measurement of the growth rate of many individual cells
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 12, 2016
Plants & Animals
Dogs are brilliant animals, and it has long been a wonder to think about whether or not they can actually, truly underst
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 12, 2016
Cardiology
Scientists have reason to believe that most congenital heart defects are a result of a painfully complicated web of gene
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 12, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
There are undeniable evidence that smoking is harmful to your health. And as a corollary to that, smoking during pregnan
...
SEP 12, 2016
Neuroscience
Air pollution in highly industrialized urban areas has been implicated in diseases like cancer and respiratory illnesses
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 11, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Junk DNA refers to regions of the genome that did not at first appear to have any function or relevance. Research over t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 11, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
The exact mechanisms that underlie the aging process are not yet fully understood. SIRT6 is one of only a few genes that
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 11, 2016
Plants & Animals
Science today is becoming a lot more like the science fiction of 30 years ago. The minds of great scientists have come u
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 11, 2016
Space & Astronomy
A team of researchers from UC Santa Cruz, led by Michael Nayak, have been studying the strange chain of craters that app
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 10, 2016
Videos
Thermo Fisher Scientific has produced another short, animated video featuring some very basic information about the poly
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 10, 2016
Microbiology
A classic defense mechanism of bacteria is the type 6 secretion system, T6SS, is a sort of molecular spear gun. Research
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 10, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Heat shock proteins are known to help the body respond to stress, but new research appears to implicate one of them, Hsp
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 10, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
When the bones of an infant’s skull fuse too early, the growing brain is dangerously confined to a small space, ca
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 09, 2016
Plants & Animals
It’s believed that climate change may have an effect on the other types of life that inhabit the Earth alongside u
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 09, 2016
Microbiology
I couldn’t pass up the chance to write about “Frackibacter”. Candidatus Frackibacter is a potentially
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
SEP 09, 2016
Cancer
For people who love spicy foods, a different type of spice – in the form of ginger – could counter the cance
...
SEP 09, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Chinese herbal medicines have been used to treat various ailments for centuries. Some appear to be completely bogus (sna
...