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Researchers in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Thomas Jefferson University have found that the level of a single protein in the tiny roundworm C. elegans determines how long it lives

Want kids who are smarter and thinner? Keep them away from the television set as toddlers

An English mayor is seeking to solve one of the biggest mysteries in American history: what happened to the settlers who were part of the so-called Lost Colony

In an achievement that could help enable fast quantum computers, University of Michigan physicists have built a better Rydberg atom trap.

The first scientific results from ESA's Herschel infrared space observatory are revealing previously hidden details of star formation.

Researchers have discovered that mice -- and probably humans and other mammals as well -- produce their own morphine in their bodies

An experimental demonstration of a quantum calculation has shown that a single molecule can perform operations thousands of times faster than any conventional computer

Researchers at Johns Hopkins have discovered that a compound in dark chocolate may protect the brain after a stroke by increasing cellular signals already known to shield nerve cells from damage

The hairs on the surface of water ferns could allow ships to have a 10 percent decrease in fuel consumption. The plant has the rare ability to put on a gauzy skirt of air under water

Call it Nitelite: The newest app for cell phones might be night vision