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After a year of research scientists have developed a potential cure for an orange-killing disease called citrus greening. The research team looked at three biochemical elements: “phloretin, hexestrol and benzbromarone,” a University of Florida news release reported.

The main cause of the monarch butterfly’s decline is the loss of milkweed — its food — in its U.S. breeding grounds, a new study has found. That all but confirms that the spread of genetically modified crops is indirectly killing the monarch. The groundbreaking study was published today in the Journal of Animal Ecology.

Scientists have revealed that a 16-foot, 900-pound ancient crocodile relative swam in the same waters as the 58-foot long snake Titanoboa, around 60 million years ago.

There are some encouraging signs in a new report on hospital wait times in Canada For the past two years the Wait Time Alliance has reported a worrisome trend of little to no progress in reducing waits for a range of necessary medical care in Canada. A review of the 2014 provincial wait-time data reveals that some provinces have or …

A giant planet previously thought impossible to exist has just been discovered by astronomers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA). Kepler-10c, located 560 light-years from us, is 17 times heavier than the Earth. It was previously believed that such a world couldn’t exist, because its mass would attract hydrogen atoms and form a “gas giant” such as Jupiter in …

When it comes to reaping the benefits of exercise, new research confirms the age-old adage that quality, not quantity, is the key.

Tractor beams, like those made popular in science-fiction movies such as Star Wars and Star Trek, are now a reality, writes Nature World News. While tractor beams are usually the work of fiction, seen in sci-fi movies where objects can be pulled towards an energy source, researchers from the University of Dundee have found a way to make this a …

Scientists erased and then restored memories in genetically engineered rats using a flash of light. The study provides the first evidence of a cause-and-effect relationship between neurons and memories, an NIH/National Institute of Mental Health news release reported.

A new treatment has been shown to extend the lifespans of men with advanced prostate cancer by as much as one year, researchers said Sunday.

The rocks about four-billion-year-old showed crust-forming processes that are very similar to those occurring in present-day Iceland. “This provides the first physical evidence that a setting similar to modern Iceland was present on the early earth,” said Jesse Reimink from University of Alberta in Canada, who collected and studied rock samples from the Acasta Gneiss Complex in Canada.

The Canada Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) issued 3 food recall warnings Saturday after separate incidents of food contamination across the country.