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A biosensor that could continuously measure drugs and biomolecules in the blood of living patients promises to aid early diagnosis of disease and help physicians customize drug doses to individuals, a key goal of personalized medicine.

Boylston native and musician Michael Rinker has become well known locally for teaching about African drumming through collaborations with the West Boylston Arts Foundation .

Nearly one-fourth of the 36 seahorse species assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature are threatened with extinction.

Dick Dodd, who was born in Hermosa Beach but sang “Oh, Boston, you're my home” on The Standells' 1966 garage rock classic, “Dirty Water,” died in a Fountain Valley hospital of esophageal cancer at age 68, repo... LOS ANGELES - An Andy Warhol portrait of Farrah Fawcett currently held by actor Ryan O'Neal is worth an ... (more)

An Andy Warhol portrait of Farrah Fawcett currently held by actor Ryan OA Neal is worth an estimated $12 million, an appraiser told a jury Friday.

A push by Seton Healthcare Family is expected to create potentially groundbreaking partnerships between private life sciences companies and researchers looking to become a part of the new Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin.

Results of a recent survey analyzing student engagement shows Missouri State University-West Plains is meeting or exceeding best practices found and utilized by colleges and universities across the nation.

An Andy Warhol portrait of Farrah Fawcett currently held by actor Ryan O'Neal is worth an estimated $12 million, an appraiser told a jury Friday.

After climbing out of their nests, hatchling loggerhead sea turtles make their way to the sea.

University of Texas System Regent Wallace Hall's appearance before the legislative committee that is considering recommending his impeachment remains up in the air following an exchange between lawyers on Thursday.

A group of Cornell students held a pre-Thanksgiving event protesting a "Catch an Illegal Immigrant" game that had been scheduled at the University of Texas at Austin.

Researchers at Southern Methodist University have linked a string of 2009 and 2010 earthquakes in Texas to the injection of fracking wastewater into the ground, according to a new study.

The Chabot-Las Positas Community College District trustees have named Dr. Barry A. Russell as the sixth president of Las Positas College in Livermore.

St. Edward's University is partnering with KIPP Austin Charter school to help more of its students go to college and get a degree.

It was an idea so bad that even some Republicans on the far right margins of the party, the climate change deniers and evolution doubters, denounced it.

We are getting closer to making an invisibility cloak that will enable aircraft to vanish into thin air, and this latest technology is one advancement.

The Austin community is in mourning today after news that former University of Texas at Austin graduate Ronnie Smith was killed in Libya while jogging.

Formula 1 racing is so loud that fans would have to wear both earplugs and earmuffs in order to enjoy the spectacle at safe noise levels, new research suggests.

The push to curb grade inflation at Texas public colleges and universities will be back in the next legislative session, state Rep. Scott Turner, R-Frisco, said Wednesday.

The Texas Advanced Computing Center at The University of Texas at Austin has announced the addition of Rodeo, the center's new cloud computing offering that will provide a variety of cloud services to its comprehensive set of advanced computing systems.