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SEP 08, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have developed a new method of gene sequencing a strand of DNA’ ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 07, 2015Space & Astronomy
Remember how exciting it was when Neil Armstrong stepped on the Moon? Those footsteps changed the world. It’s been ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 04, 2015Plants & Animals
In space exploration of new planets, researchers use advanced rovers to get data and photos. These specially equipped ve ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 03, 2015Genetics & Genomics
The thousands of different bacteria living in our intestinal tract – our microbiome – have a major impact on ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 02, 2015Microbiology
Vitamin and mineral deficiency is a significant global health problem. Nearly 18% of the global population is defi ...Written By: Kerry EvansAUG 28, 2015Space & Astronomy
You probably remember mid-last month when NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft took record-breaking high quality photogr ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 28, 2015Cancer
Pancreatic cancer, the fourth deadliest cancer in the U.S., is very hard to detect in its early stages. Rarely diagnosed ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 21, 2015Cancer
The University of Queensland (UQ) researchers have been “checking what’s in the bank – the Brisbane Br ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 20, 2015Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Mars Curiosity Rover has been on the red planet for three Earth years, collecting information and giving sc ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 19, 2015Microbiology
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a paper-based test for Ebola, dengue, and yellow ...Written By: Kerry EvansAUG 19, 2015Cancer
Warnings about the dangers of smoking started in the 1960s, but lung cancer remains the second-most common cancer and th ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 11, 2015Plants & Animals
It isn't every day that you find a very rare animal out in the wild that experts thought to have gone extinct, which is ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 10, 2015Health & Medicine
PepsiCo is one of the largest cola manufacturers in the world, right beside Coca-Cola, so it's a pretty big deal when th ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 06, 2015Cancer
How do tumors grow, and how can they be stopped? A collaborative study between Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 05, 2015Health & Medicine
Human norovirus is a member of the Caliciviridae family of viruses which are single-stranded RNA nonenveloped viruses th ...Written By: Sarah HertrichAUG 03, 2015Cancer
Why does melanoma, which accounts for 2 percent of skin cancer cases, cause almost all skin cancer deaths? Why have mela ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 03, 2015Cancer
Researchers at Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, have shown that a combination of three proteins ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 01, 2015Videos
A group of scientists from Harvard University recently reported in the journal Cell an interesting study on how neurons ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 29, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Personalized medicine could get a big boost from a new technique that is said to reduce the number of cells needed for e ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 25, 2015Videos
Although most typical flames you see are orange, with a purple base, it's actually possible to have colored flames based ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 23, 2015Neuroscience
It's simple, it's noninvasive and it's accurate, but it's early too. Nonetheless, a saliva test that detects Alzheimer's ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 20, 2015Plants & Animals
While grizzly bears and black bears hibernate through long winters, the opposite was thought to be true for polar bears. ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 16, 2015Neuroscience
Why do some women seem to be insatiably hungry, especially at certain times? How does a complex relationship between gen ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 15, 2015Microbiology
Streptococcus pyogenes, also known as group A streptococcus (GAS), is a gram positive bacterium best known for causing p ...Written By: Kerry Evans
SEP 08, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have developed a new method of gene sequencing a strand of DNA’
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 07, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Remember how exciting it was when Neil Armstrong stepped on the Moon? Those footsteps changed the world. It’s been
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 04, 2015
Plants & Animals
In space exploration of new planets, researchers use advanced rovers to get data and photos. These specially equipped ve
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 03, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
The thousands of different bacteria living in our intestinal tract – our microbiome – have a major impact on
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 02, 2015
Microbiology
Vitamin and mineral deficiency is a significant global health problem. Nearly 18% of the global population is defi
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
AUG 28, 2015
Space & Astronomy
You probably remember mid-last month when NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft took record-breaking high quality photogr
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 28, 2015
Cancer
Pancreatic cancer, the fourth deadliest cancer in the U.S., is very hard to detect in its early stages. Rarely diagnosed
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 21, 2015
Cancer
The University of Queensland (UQ) researchers have been “checking what’s in the bank – the Brisbane Br
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 20, 2015
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Mars Curiosity Rover has been on the red planet for three Earth years, collecting information and giving sc
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 19, 2015
Microbiology
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a paper-based test for Ebola, dengue, and yellow
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
AUG 19, 2015
Cancer
Warnings about the dangers of smoking started in the 1960s, but lung cancer remains the second-most common cancer and th
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 11, 2015
Plants & Animals
It isn't every day that you find a very rare animal out in the wild that experts thought to have gone extinct, which is
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 10, 2015
Health & Medicine
PepsiCo is one of the largest cola manufacturers in the world, right beside Coca-Cola, so it's a pretty big deal when th
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 06, 2015
Cancer
How do tumors grow, and how can they be stopped? A collaborative study between Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 05, 2015
Health & Medicine
Human norovirus is a member of the Caliciviridae family of viruses which are single-stranded RNA nonenveloped viruses th
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
AUG 03, 2015
Cancer
Why does melanoma, which accounts for 2 percent of skin cancer cases, cause almost all skin cancer deaths? Why have mela
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 03, 2015
Cancer
Researchers at Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, have shown that a combination of three proteins
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 01, 2015
Videos
A group of scientists from Harvard University recently reported in the journal Cell an interesting study on how neurons
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 29, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Personalized medicine could get a big boost from a new technique that is said to reduce the number of cells needed for e
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 25, 2015
Videos
Although most typical flames you see are orange, with a purple base, it's actually possible to have colored flames based
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 23, 2015
Neuroscience
It's simple, it's noninvasive and it's accurate, but it's early too. Nonetheless, a saliva test that detects Alzheimer's
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 20, 2015
Plants & Animals
While grizzly bears and black bears hibernate through long winters, the opposite was thought to be true for polar bears.
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 16, 2015
Neuroscience
Why do some women seem to be insatiably hungry, especially at certain times? How does a complex relationship between gen
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 15, 2015
Microbiology
Streptococcus pyogenes, also known as group A streptococcus (GAS), is a gram positive bacterium best known for causing p
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans