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New work shows how using next-generation DNA sequencing on ancient packrat middens--nests made out of plant material, fragments of insects, bones, fecal matter, and urine--could provide ecological snapshots of Earth's past.

By watching videos of each other eating, blue tits and great tits can learn to avoid foods that taste disgusting and are potentially toxic, a new study has found.

Computational biologists at Carnegie Mellon University have taken an algorithm used to study social networks, such as Facebook communities, and adapted it to identify how DNA and proteins are interconnected into communities within the cell nucleus.

A team of Rice University engineers has introduced the first neural implant that can be both programmed and charged remotely with a magnetic field.

To identify pregnant whales, researchers have relied on hormone tests of blubber collected via darts, but the results were often inconclusive. But a new hormone test could now help give a more accurate picture.

Using a machine-learning algorithm, MIT researchers have identified a powerful new antibiotic compound. In laboratory tests, the drug killed many of the world's most problematic disease-causing bacteria, including some strains that are resistant to all known antibiotics. It also cleared infections in two different mouse models.

Researchers have developed a new procedure for recycling concrete, with the addition of discarded wood, creating a new building material with a bending strength superior to that of the original concrete. This research may help drastically reduce construction costs, as well as slash carbon emissions.

Researchers are using artificial intelligence, radiological MRI scans, and genomics to determine relative life expectancy of glioblastoma patients and discover new treatment options.

Researchers have found a new species of soil bacteria that is particularly adept at breaking down organic matter, including the cancer-causing chemicals that are released when coal, gas, oil and refuse are burned.

A team have discovered how an experimental drug being investigated as a treatment for clear cell renal cell carcinoma disables its molecular target.