The costs of chocolate production around the world

New material mimics the way a human finger experiences tension and compression as it slides along a surface or distinguishes among different textures

"Your mother always told you to eat your vegetables, and science now tells us she was right,” researcher says

Researchers call for the need to consider low dose and mixture toxicity testing in risk assessment of chemicals entering our aquatic environments

The team used neutron crystallography to study the location of hydrogen atoms in aspartate aminotransferase, or AAT, an enzyme vital to the metabolism of certain amino acids

New cell manipulation technology enables highly accurate isolation of rare cell populations in complex biological samples

In a study, when mice ate broccoli with their regular diet, they were better able to tolerate digestive issues similar to symptoms of leaky gut and colitis than mice that were not placed on a broccoli-supplemented diet

Researchers find that the p75 protein is vital for signaling pain in the nervous system

The tiny drug-infused particles, researchers say, potentially offer a less toxic clinical alternative to standard chemotherapy delivered intravenously or through a catheter inserted into the bladder

The team will develop a system that can create a real-time water forecast—similar to a weather forecast—for Falling Creek Reservoir in Roanoke, Va