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A new study finds a link between chemicals and bone loss that could damage males' penises, potentially harming reproduction.

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New research shows RNA is preserved for longer than scientists had realized. This is the oldest RNA ever profiled.

Shaw prize winner Wolfgang Baumeister is one of many international researchers recruited by Chinese institutes.

Researchers at the University of Tokyo have built a microscope that can detect a signal over an intensity range 14 times ...

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Ultra-endurance athletes can push their bodies to extraordinary extremes, but even they run into a hard biological wall.

Scientists hope that Xanthommatin, the pigment that helps cephalopods change color, can be used in useful biomaterials like ...

University of Tokyo researchers have created a powerful new microscope that captures both forward- and back-scattered light ...

One of Earth's most spectacular light shows can actually be found in the oceans, when their waves glow brightly as the result ...