What makes spider silk so extraordinarily strong and elastic at the same time? This was the focus of recent investigations carried out by researchers from the University of Greifswald, the University ...

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This wave of protests is unfolding against a backdrop fundamentally different from the past anti-regime movements, in the wake of June's 12-day war. Since its founding in 1979, the Islamic Republic of ...

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Since its founding in 1979, the Islamic Republic of Iran has known its fair share of bloody protests. Each time, the regime ultimately managed to quell them, often brutally. The current unrest roiling ...

Females are more immunoreactive than males and, although sex hormones have an important role in immune functions, the X chromosome is fundamental in shaping sex-specific immune responses. X-linked ...

Impaired consciousness has long been considered the hallmark of epileptic seizures. Both generalized seizures and complex partial seizures are characterized by a multifaceted spectrum of altered ...