A research team has shown that it is possible to rapidly break down solid and liquid waste to grow food with a series of microbial reactors, while simultaneously minimizing pathogen growth

Analysis of fossil suggests Homo sapiens left Africa at least 50,000 years earlier than previously thought

Current cancer research focuses primarily on biochemical signaling, but bioelectric signals are another communication system that interacts with biochemical messenger

Researchers and manufacturers have long sought a way to replace graphite with silicon as the default choice of active material for anodes in lithium-ion batteries 

TAMU researcher says aerosol type is a big key in understanding under which conditions clouds will develop as well as how much precipitation will come from them

Rutgers study says most primates, including humans, can digest these critters

Researchers in Japan found that a small, non-specific tweak to a mammal's DNA can potentially cause specific and significant physical changes

The unusual characteristics of these abundant, bacteria-killing viruses could lead to evolutionary insights

Seasonal flu vaccines must be updated each year to match the influenza viruses that are predicted to be most common during the upcoming flu season, but protection doesn't always meet expectations

Scientists create a hybrid material consisting of imitation pearl combined with silver nanowires that works as a heater

 IRCM and UdeM researchers explain a cell differentiation mechanism in Nature Genetics

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