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A new breed of Raman vacuum ultraviolet spectrometer enabling rapid, accurate analysis down to part per billion levels is being developed at the University of Arizona.

Planning a meeting? Serving coffee can focus group discussion, boost involvement and leave members feeling better about their own and others’ participation.

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A new model for improving how clinical trials are developed and conducted by bringing together academic cancer experts and pharmaceutical companies is being tested by research experts at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

A UCLA bioengineer has developed a technique that uses a specially adapted 3D printer to build therapeutic biomaterials from multiple materials. The advance could be a step toward on-demand printing of complex artificial tissues for use in transplants and other surgeries.

Enzymes made by microorganisms living in the Amazon could be the key to increasing production of ethanol fuel in the world's biggest ethanol producer, Brazil.

Researchers have decoded the epigenetic landscape for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), In unveiling RA’s epigenome scientists made a surprising discovery: an overlap between the causes of RA and Huntington’s disease, a fatal and incurable genetic brain disease.

A new study is figuring out how to turn one of MRSA's strengths against it. MRSA consumes fatty acids present in the host, future research can focus on these new targets and preventing MRSA from obtaining host fatty acids.

Alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) and linoleic acid (LA) are plant-based essential fats—called polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA)—that humans consume through diet. A new study has shown how regular consumption of these fats controls gene expression in skeletal muscle.

In research that could lead to future therapies for age-related diseases, Brown University researchers have found a new way to stimulate the process by which cells recycle their spare parts.