In a new study, researchers have shown the key role that a protein called Ran plays in the mobility of ovarian cancer cells. They demonstrated these cells cannot migrate from cancerous sites without t..

Drugs known as potentiators alleviate some symptoms of cystic fibrosis. Researchers recently figured out how these compounds work–a finding that may lead to better drugs that patients can more easily..

November 8, 2018 was a dry day in Butte County, California. The state was in its sixth consecutive year of drought, and the county had not had a rainfall event producing more than a half inch of rain ..

Cosmochemists have found that interstellar iron and carbon form a kind of linked molecule that cloaks the iron — and helps stabilize large carbon molecules.

A research team has observed, characterized, and controlled dark trions in a semiconductor — ultraclean single-layer tungsten diselenide — a feat that could increase the capacity and alter the form ..

Even in the strange world of open quantum systems, the arrow of time points steadily forward — most of the time. New experiments compare the forward and reverse trajectories of superconducting circui..

An early warning system to identify at-risk structures using Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) has been developed. The system could be applied to infrastructure projects including roads, railways and bui..

Research results on drug-gene interactions are much less likely to be replicated if they are performed by hierarchical communities or close-knit groups of frequent collaborators who use similar method..

A worldwide coalition of researchers and clinicians has agreed that light therapy is among the most effective interventions for the prevention of oral mucositis, painful ulcers in the mouth resulting ..

Atypical eating behaviors may be a sign a child should be screened for autism, according to researchers who found that atypical eating behaviors were present in 70 percent of children with autism, whi..