Life, liberty — and access to microbes?
Poverty increases the risk for numerous diseases by limiting people’s access to healthy food, environments…
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Playing board games may help protect thinking skills in old age
People who play games — such as cards and board games — are more likely…
Did human hunting activities alone drive great auks’ extinction?
New insight on the extinction history of a flightless seabird that vanished from the shores…
Insights into versatile molecular death switch
The enzyme caspase-8 regulates different modes of cell death, according to new research. Read Original…
What keeps cells in shape? New research points to 2 types of motion
The health of cells is maintained, in part, by 2 types of movement of their…
Coastal fog linked to high levels of mercury found in mountain lions, study finds
Researchers have discovered elevated levels of mercury in mountain lions, the latest indication that the…
Scientists inch closer than ever to signal from cosmic dawn
Researchers have taken a new and significant step toward detecting a signal from the period…
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Forests face climate change tug of war
Increased carbon dioxide allows plants to photosynthesize more and use less water. But warmer temperatures…
Tendon stem cells could revolutionize injury recovery
The buildup of scar tissue makes recovery from torn rotator cuffs, jumper’s knee, and other…
Scientists suggest new solution to the rare-disease problem
An international team of data scientists and rare disease specialists write that they’ve come up…
Cutting neurodegeneration associated with dementia, in animal models
Korean research team made up of Dr. Hyung-Jun Kim and Shinrye Lee of KBRI, and…
MS linked to variant of common herpes virus
Researchers have developed a new method to separate between two different types of a common…
Using fungi to search for medical drugs
An enormous library of products derived from more than 10,000 fungi could help us find…
16-million-year-old fossil shows springtails hitchhiking on winged termite
A newly reported, 16-million-year-old fossil is shedding light on how a group of tiny arthropods…
High amounts of screen time begin as early as infancy
Children’s average daily time spent watching television or using a computer or mobile device increased…
New flu drug drives drug resistance in influenza viruses
University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers examined the effects of baloxavir treatment on influenza virus samples collected…
Dinosaur skull turns paleontology assumptions on their head
A team of researchers has unearthed a well-preserved Styracosaurus skull — and its facial imperfections…
Wearable sweat sensor detects gout-causing compounds
Scientists have developed an easier way to mass-produce highly sensitive sweat sensors that can detect…
Drought impact study shows new issues for plants and carbon dioxide
Extreme drought’s impact on plants will become more dominant under future climate change, as noted…
Concussions in high school athletes may be a risk factor for suicide
Concussion, the most common form of traumatic brain injury, has been linked to an increased…
How mantis shrimp make sense of the world
A new study provides insight into how the small brains of mantis shrimp – fierce…
Gut microbes alter characteristics of norovirus infection
The highly contagious norovirus causes diarrhea and vomiting and is notorious for spreading rapidly through…
Living at the edge of an active volcano: Risk from lava flows on Mount Etna
On Mt. Etna volcano, inhabited areas have been inundated repeatedly by lava flows in historical…
Why women select college majors with lower earnings potential
Even when both male and female college students say they want to pursue a major…
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Study paves way to better understanding, treatment of arthritis
New research has provided the first complete, cellular-level look at what’s going on in joints…
Smoker-survivor genes may have long ancestral history of fighting toxins
Longevity genes that helped humans survive ancient airborne toxins may be the same genes that…
Rapamycin may slow skin aging
The search for youthfulness typically turns to lotions, supplements, serums and diets, but there may…
Self-assembling system uses magnets to mimic specific binding in DNA
Physicists are using the binding power of magnets to design self-assembling systems that potentially can…
Ammonia synthesis made easy with 2D catalyst
Researchers use their knowledge of 2D nanomaterials and develop a ‘green’ method for the small-scale…
Study examines women’s ability to adapt effectively to climate change
New research suggests that male migration and poor working conditions for women combine with institutional…
Novel memory device can be written on and read out optically or electrically
Scientists have developed a novel storage technology based on the combination of an organic light-emitting…
Perception of touch in the brain
More than ten percent of the cerebral cortex are involved in processing information about our…
Bizarre worlds orbiting a black hole?
Theoreticians in two different fields defied the common knowledge that planets orbit stars like the…
Cannabis reduces headache and migraine pain by nearly half
Inhaled cannabis reduces self-reported headache severity by 47.3% and migraine severity by 49.6%, according to…
Using artificial intelligence to determine whether immunotherapy is working
Currently, only about 20% of all cancer patients will actually benefit from costly immunotherapy. New…
Samoa climate change resilience challenges Western perceptions
The resilience of Samoan communities in the face of climate change is providing a blueprint…
Small, fast, and highly energy-efficient memory device inspired by lithium-ion batteries
Scientists have developed a new three-valued memory device inspired by solid lithium-ion batteries. The proposed…
Bacteria-infecting viruses bind mucosal surface and protect from disease
Bacteriophages, viruses that infect bacteria, have been shown to preferentially bind to mucosal surfaces. This…
New electrodes could increase efficiency of electric vehicles and aircraft
The rise in popularity of electric vehicles and aircraft presents the possibility of moving away…
Increased use of antibiotics may predispose to Parkinson’s disease
Higher exposure to commonly used oral antibiotics is linked to an increased risk of Parkinson’s…
Wildfires in Oregon’s blue mountains to become more frequent, severe due to climate change
Under a warming climate, wildfires in Oregon’s southern Blue Mountains will become more frequent, more…
New antenna tech to equip ceramic coatings with heat radiation control
Researchers have developed a way for ceramic coatings to control heat radiation, a feature that…
How an AI solution can design new tuberculosis drug regimens
With a shortage of new tuberculosis drugs in the pipeline, a software tool can predict…
Diet pills, laxatives used for weight control linked with later eating disorder diagnosis
Among young women without an eating disorder diagnosis, those who use diet pills and laxatives…
Some hyper-realistic masks more believable than human faces, study suggests
Researchers asked participants to look at pairs of photographs and decide which showed a normal…
Fighting opioids with an unlikely supplemental painkiller: Anti-itch medicine
Researchers are investigating whether an anti-itch medication that targets a specific part of our nerve…
Boosting 5G technology
A new project may boost 5G and mm-Wave technologies, improving military communications and sensing equipment….
Bone breakthrough may lead to more durable airplane wings
Researchers have made a new discovery about how seemingly minor aspects of the internal structure…
Germ-free lungs of newborn mice are partially protected against hyperoxia
Researchers have used a novel and first-of-its-kind newborn mouse model to study the effect of…
Breaking (and restoring) graphene’s symmetry in a twistable electronics device
A recent study demonstrates a new way to tune the properties of 2D materials simply…