Year: 2019

Researchers have found an important protein in the cells of a deadly infectious parasite, opening…

In a first-ever study investigating the risk of neonicotinoid insecticides to ground-nesting bees, University of…

An international team of scientists reports that a single amino acid change in the light-sensing…

Two new studies suggest that mindfulness — the practice of focusing one’s awareness on the…

Targeting the mosquito population within a defined area is the primary way scientists and public…

A United Nations human rights expert warned on Monday that Sri Lankan authorities must take urgent action to…

A modified drug combination may lead to a decreased chance of disease recurrence for women…

A team reported that in its search to develop an innovative, environmentally friendly process to…

Researchers used tap-on tap-off rider data to quantify the emissions saved by buses and commuter…

Researchers used tree pollen data for 120 sites across Japan to observe pollen synchronicity at…

Knowing how cell structure and tissue can be disrupted mechanically may provide clues into defective…

A team of scientists successfully moved sage-grouse, a threatened bird species in Washington state, from…

A research team invented a new coating that could finally make lightweight lithium metal batteries…

Messenger RNA molecules contain genetic information and thus control the synthesis of proteins in living…

Researchers say they have discovered ”a new kind of quantum time order”. The discovery arose…

A team of researchers projected that the combination of climate change and increased wildfires will…

Climate change is altering the ability of the Southern Ocean off the West Antarctic Peninsula…

Is gender bias in hiring really a thing? Opinions vary, but a new study by…

Physicists studying the strange behavior of metal alloys called heavy fermions have made a surprising…

Plants face a dilemma in dry conditions: they have to seal themselves off to prevent…

Epileptic seizures can happen to anyone. But how do they occur and what initiates such…

Researchers show that heterogeneity of both breast cancer cells themselves and immune composition of the…

Researchers have found that a single bout of exercise benefits some older people’s brains. In…

Bacteria could be used to produce large quantities of medicines and fuels using a new…

In a decade, Medicare recipients saw a sevenfold increase in out of pocket costs for…

A collaboration of researchers in France, Japan and the United States have developed a new…

Reintroducing beavers to their native habitat is an important step towards solving the freshwater biodiversity…

Salt marshes sequester carbon at rates an order of magnitude higher than land ecosystems. A…

Animals that do well in urban areas tend to be the ones that learn to…

A new species of gigantic tumbleweed once predicted to go extinct is not only here…

Many patients with concussion have normal CT scans and are discharged from the hospital without…

Last month, I got an email from a dear old friend from Kentucky with devastating…

FRANKFORT, Ky. — After a 3 1/2 year legal battle, secret records about Purdue Pharma’s…

Good morning, everyone, and welcome to another working week. We hope the weekend respite was…

Amid a push to encourage companies and universities to register and report clinical trials in…

Amgen said Monday that it will buy the psoriasis pill Otezla from Celgene, which is…

Hundreds of years ago, poor immigrants were forced to become indentured servants to repay the…

Pediatricians and public health officials are worried vaccination rates among children of immigrants will fall…

In addition to their role in plant fertilization and reproduction, pollens and spores have another,…

Polyurethane waste is piling up, but scientists have a possible solution: They have developed a…

Proteins are good for building muscle, but their building blocks also might be helpful for…

You are what you eat — right down to the microbiome living in your gut….