Research: Genetic mutation drives tumor regression in Tasmanian Devils —

Washington State University scientists have discovered genes and other genetic variations that appear to be involved in cancerous tumors shrinking in Tasmanian devils. Their...

Research: The potentially deadly bacterium that’s on everyone’s skin —

Forget MRSA and E. coli, there's another bacterium that is becoming increasingly dangerous due to antibiotic resistance -- and it's present on the...

Research: Detective mission to characterize and trace the history of a new African meteorite...

Researchers from Wits and colleagues from the University of Antananarivo in Madagascar are on a "detective mission" to describe, classify and trace the...

Research: Threatened tropical coral reefs form complex, ancient associations with bacteria —

When it comes to the well-being of coral reefs, for many years scientists focused on bleaching, an event that can endanger corals and...

Research: Computers successfully trained to identify animals in photos —

A computer model developed at the University of Wyoming by UW researchers and others has demonstrated remarkable accuracy and efficiency in identifying images...

Research: Oxygen could have been available to life as early as 3.5 billion years...

Microbes could have performed oxygen-producing photosynthesis at least one billion years earlier in the history of the Earth than previously thought. The finding could...

Research: Promising results provide hope for humans suffering from chronic paralysis —

Millions of people worldwide are living with chronic spinal cord injuries, with 250,000 to 500,000 new cases each year -- most from vehicle...

Research: Solving a 75-year-old mystery might provide a new source of farm fertilizer —

The solution to a 75-year-old materials mystery might one day allow farmers in developing nations to produce their own fertilizer on demand, using...

Research: How water fleas detect predators —

Water fleas of the genus Daphnia detect via chemical substances if their predators, namely Chaoborus larvae, are hunting in their vicinity. If so,...

Research: Newly discovered deep-sea microbes gobble greenhouse gases and perhaps oil spills, too —

Scientists at The University of Texas at Austin's Marine Science Institute have discovered nearly two dozen new types of microbes, many of which...

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