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The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded funding to 18 cross-disciplinary projects to conduct innovative research on neural and cognitive systems.

Only very recently were there serious indications that novel protein coding genes might indeed be formed de novo from so-called non-coding DNA, i.e. in parts of the genome that do not produce proteins. Now, for the first time, a new study has examined the earliest stages in the emergence of these de novo genes.

Researchers have developed a super cheap ultrasound transducer that is portable and wearable.

Obesity and its related ailments like type 2 diabetes and fatty liver disease pose a major global health burden, but researchers suggest in Nature Communications that blocking an RNA-silencing protein in the livers of mice keeps the animals from getting fat and diabetic conditions.

An inhaled form of a high blood pressure medication has potential to treat certain types of anxiety as well as pain, according to a new study

In a new paper researchers report on studies of mice engineered to lack a gene called CMAH, and resulting data that suggest the lost gene may have contributed to humanity’s well-documented claim to be among the best long-distance runners in the animal kingdom.

In a new study, researchers used high-tech sequencing tools to create one of the most complete genetic maps for the orange clownfish, a common reef inhabitant and star of the Disney movie, Finding Nemo.

Scientists at The University of Manchester have developed the first non-antibiotic drug to successfully treat tuberculosis in animals. The team hope the compound –developed after 10 years of painstaking research will be trialed on humans within three to four years.

Predicting the response to checkpoint therapy in melanoma cases will help optimize treatment for individuals.

Ever wonder why you burn fat and heat up when you exercise or shiver? Now, researchers at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP) have shown that sarcolipin, a small peptide only found in muscles, increases muscle energy expenditure and fat oxidization.