Researchers at the Institute for Genome Sciences at the University of Maryland School of Medicine have been awarded a research program contract from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to sequence, assemble, and annotate a population of bacterial pathogens using two high-throughput sequencing (HTS) technologies in support of the expansion of a vetted public reference database.

Be sure to pick up a watermelon — or two — at your local grocery store.  It could save your life.

Findings may help explain why those less sensitive to the negative effects of alcohol may drink more heavily

Comparing biochemicals in the GM foods to their non-GM counterparts is enlightening

Computer modeling may help scientist develop crops that yield more with less water

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As the Earth’s human population marches toward 9 billion, the need for hardy new varieties of grain crops has never been greater.

Researchers have found a way to magnetize this material using light, an effect that persists for hours at a time.

Journalists select Gold, Silver and Bronze.

Approach tackles newer bullets, eliminates the need for expensive analysis equipment.

Thanks to a new house bill, records "created or collected in the course of academic research" or for related purposes, are now exempt from the Mississippi Public Records Act of 1983.

New battery technology employs multifunctional materials.