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A UCSF team finds a liver protein, released with exercise, that improves memory in aging and Alzheimer’s disease by repairing ...

A 36-mile-long starship designed to carry 1,000 humans on a one-way trip to the nearest known exoplanet has won a major interstellar design competition, raising hard questions about what it would ...

Through its Strategy To Accelerate Research (CMTA-STAR), CMTA is supporting four complementary approaches to overcome treatment delivery barriers with an investment of $523,000 and related support.

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Scientists have long sought to understand why some plants are fragrant powerhouses while others remain subtle. Now, a ...

Authorities said they're looking into genetic genealogy in the massive investigation into Nancy Guthrie's mysterious ...

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Researchers at UC San Francisco have discovered a mechanism that could explain how exercise improves cognition by shoring up ...

Innovations in imaging and genetic engineering are coming together to probe the biophysics of cytoplasm inside living animals.