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Engineers at the Cornell Geotechnical Lifelines Large-Scale Testing Facility set out to change that by testing several advanced sensors developed by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, and the

Some previous research has suggested that statins, used to treat high cholesterol, may protect against Parkinson’s disease. Research findings have been inconsistent, however, with some studies showing a lower risk,

Oregon State University researchers compared marijuana usage among college students before and after legalization and found that usage increased at several colleges and universities across the nation but it increased

Colin Flaveny, Ph.D. assistant professor of pharmacology and physiology and Thomas Burris, Ph.D., chair of pharmacology and physiology at Saint Louis University, focus their work on identifying natural hormones that

By developing a new approach to imaging and manipulating particular groups of neurons in the mouse brain, scientists at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) have identified a pathway by

Now Stanford University scientists have overcome a major hurdle to such a future by wirelessly transmitting electricity to a nearby moving object. Their results are published in the June 15

Fully functional PTEN is well known to suppress tumor growth by antagonizing the PI3K/Akt tumor survival pathway. Pagano’s group discovered a novel mechanism by which PTEN protects cells from cancer

Once female elk reach the age of about 10 years, they are nearly invulnerable to human hunters. This age-related difference could be driven only by selection by hunters — or

The technique, which has been validated against a drug-resistant bacterial strain, identifies compounds that target two or more receptor sites on proteins that inhibit a key cellular function. To obtain

“The nature of proof should not be: ‘Can we point at a planet and say, yes or no, that’s the planet hosting alien life,” said Jacob Bean, associate professor of