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Dr. Jon Ramsey with the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine holds a mouse. His study found that a high fat diet makes mice...

Fruit flies' mitochondria (in green) at 10 days (top left), 28 days (top right) and 37 days old (both bottom images). At bottom right,...

After two hours, special nanoparticles accumulated in cancer cells (red and yellow) in mice and destroyed most of the tumor within a day (right). Credit:...

Glioma is one of the most common types of cancerous tumors originating in the brain. Credit: © ibreakstock / Fotolia New research further illuminates the surprising...

Using data from the Rotterdam Study researchers determined that frequent coffee and herbal tea consumption were inversely related with liver stiffness but not steatosis...

From left: Kaiyuan Yao, Nick Borys, and P. James Schuck, seen here at Berkeley Lab's Molecular Foundry, measured a property in a 2-D material...

The biofuel cell can stretch and flex, conforming to the human body. Credit: University of California San Diego A team of engineers has developed stretchable fuel...

Composite image of the X-ray pulsar SXP 1062 surrounded by the supernova remnant. The false-color image combines X-ray (blue) and optical data (oxygen: green,...

4,000 years ago, European women traveled far from their home villages to start their families, bringing with them new cultural objects and ideas. Credit: Stadtarchäologie...

The atomic structure of a tiny semiconductor is X-rayed. Credit: Image courtesy of University of Illinois at Chicago Researchers examining the flow of electricity through semiconductors...

A pack of African wild dogs shares an impala. Credit: Megan Claase Scientists studying African wild dogs in Botswana have found members of this endangered species...