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September 25, 2018

New research shows that an ancient retrovirus—HK2—is more frequently found in drug addicts and thus is signi...

August 3, 2018

Despite over a century of intense study, we still know very little about the people buried at Stonehenge or how they came to ...

January 26, 2018

Understanding bacterial wargames inside our body

August 15, 2017

The approach could revolutionize regenerative medicine

November 17, 2016

Researchers at the University of Oxford have demonstrated that the diets of organisms can affect the DNA sequences of their g...

May 10, 2016

Gene duplication has been proposed as playing a key role in innovation since the 1970s, but latest findings add important emp...

May 3, 2016

The gene therapy treatment was designed to slow or stop sight loss, however, two of the patients experienced a significant im...

April 4, 2016

The scientists were able to infer past ocean conditions, using foraminifera preserved in sediment cores

July 16, 2014

A new discovery will make it possible to create pixels just a few hundred nanometres across that could pave the way for extre...

November 28, 2012

A new study indicates that large amounts of high fructose corn syrup (HFCS), a sweetener found in national food supplies acro...

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