Stony corals more resistant to climate change than thought

Stony corals may be more resilient to ocean acidification than once thought, according to a Rutgers…

Tuberculosis bacterium may undermine immune regulation to drive disease progression

The bacterium that causes tuberculosis -- Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) -- may disrupt human immune system regulation…

How the Galapagos cormorant lost its ability to fly

Changes to the genes that shortened the Galapagos cormorant's wings are the same genes that go…

Locked movement in molecular motor and rotor

For a motor to power machinery, the local motion has to be translated into the ordered…

Imaging technique for treating heart condition should be more widely used to minimize radiation exposure

A technique to treat an irregular heartbeat that limits or eliminates patients' exposure to radiation should…

Certain vaginal bacteria render HIV microbicide less effective

Certain types of vaginal bacteria rapidly degrade a medication used to prevent HIV, a study of…

Sensing the nanoscale with visible light, and the fundamentals of disordered waves

Features that are even 100 times smaller than the wavelength can still be sensed by light,…

Common class of chemicals cause cancer by breaking down DNA repair mechanisms

A common class of chemicals found everywhere from car exhausts, smoke, building materials and furniture to…

Protein that stem cells require could be a target in killing breast cancer cells

Researchers have identified a protein that must be present in order for mammary stem cells to…

Five years before brain cancer diagnosis, changes detectable in blood

Changes in immune activity appear to signal a growing brain tumor five years before symptoms arise,…