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While reforestation projects are often effective in combatting climate change and restoring biodiversity, they can also endanger particular habitats, such as tropical grasslands. A new…

People who have had the herpes virus at least once in their lives are twice as likely to acquire dementia as those who have never…

A new clinical experiment reveals that the medicine vorinostat, combined with immunotherapy, can entice HIV-infected cells out of latency and assault them. The findings illustrate…

Researchers report February 15 in the journal Cell that ancient viruses may be to thank for myelin — and, by extension, our large, complex brains.…

The ability to detect diseases at an early stage or even predict their onset would be of tremendous benefit to doctors and patients alike. A…

Using data from the decommissioned Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), a joint project of NASA and the German Space Agency at DLR, Southwest Research…

According to a study conducted by Western astrobiologist Catherine Neish, the deep ocean of Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, is most certainly uninhabitable, implying that all…

The human brain is an organ that consumes approximately 20 to 25% of the body’s energy requirements. This high energy demand for neural processes is…

New research uncovers biological drivers of heart disease risk

University of Wyoming Archaeology Professor Todd Surovell and his team of partners discovered a tube-shaped bone bead that is approximately 12,940 years old. The bead…