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A kitchen gadget that vacuum seals food in plastic inspired a physicist to improve the performance of organic transistors for potential use in video displays.

Chemical perturbation of vascular development is a putative toxicity pathway which may result in developmental toxicity.

EPA?s high-throughput screening (HTS) ToxCast program contains assays which measure cellular signals and biological processes critical for blood vessel development.

By testing the Phase-1ToxCast chemicals in these assays, and comparing the results to prenatal DT study summary information derived from ToxRefDB, a vascular disruption signature was identified.

A new taste for eating elephant meat — everything from trunks to sex organs — has emerged in Thailand and could pose a new threat to the survival of the species.

Fifth- through eighth-grade students at Asa Low Intermediate School in Mansfield, Texas, will speak with NASA’s Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank and Flight Engineer Don Pettit aboard the International Space Station at 11:50 a.m.

EST on Tuesday, Jan. 31.

(Michigan State University) A new company formed around Michigan State University nanotechnology promises to move speedy detection of deadly pathogens and toxins from the laboratory directly to the field.

Food contamination and other biohazards present a growing public health concern, but laboratory analysis consumes precious time.

The company, nanoRETE, will develop and commercialize an inexpensive test for handheld biosensors to detect a broad range of threats such as E. coli, Salmonella, anthrax and tuberculosis.

(Stowers Institute for Medical Research) Memories in our brains are maintained by connections between neurons called "synapses." But how do these synapses stay strong and keep memories alive for decades?

Neuroscientists at the Stowers Institute for Medical Research have discovered a major clue from a study in fruit flies: Hardy, self-copying clusters or oligomers of a synapse protein are an essential ingredient for the formation of long-term memory.

Researchers have demonstrated how a new virus evolves, shedding light on how easy it can be for diseases to gain dangerous mutations.

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Twitter announced Thursday that it would begin restricting Tweets in certain countries, marking a policy shift for the social media platform that helped propel the popular uprisings recently sweeping across the Middle East.

Cooley Distillery wants to change preconceived notions of Irish Whiskey. Global Brand Ambassador John Cashman discusses the market and what distinguishes Cooley.