Category: Science and Health

Adults with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) were more than three times as likely as those without…

A new fungus strain bred in a lab could provide a chemical-free method for eradicating…

Researchers have developed a new method that improves how artificial intelligence learns to see. Read…

If a ban were introduced on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars, and…

Laboratory experiments allow insights into the processes under the extreme pressure and temperature conditions of…

The Tsimane indigenous people of the Bolivian Amazon experience less brain atrophy than their American…

One of the most important and widespread reef-building corals, known as cauliflower coral, exhibits strong…

To help patients manage their mental wellness between appointments, researchers have developed a smart device-based…

Crystals are wonders of nature and science with important applications in electronics and optics. Scientists…

A cross-disciplinary collaboration found that a majority of the U.S. public is supportive of soil…

A new study traces the origins of Piscine orthoreovirus to Atlantic salmon farms in Norway…

Researchers have gained new insight into the workings of perovskites, a semiconductor material that shows…

Researchers studied the evolution of Tasmanian devils in response to a unique transmissible cancer. The…

The immune system’s attempt to eliminate Salmonella bacteria from the gastrointestinal (GI) tract instead facilitates…

Scientists have got up close and personal with human sewage to determine how best to…

In cities, heavy rains wash away the gunk collecting on sidewalks and roads, picking up…

Electric fish pause before sharing something particularly meaningful. Pauses also prime the sensory systems to…

It’s well known that reptiles depend on temperature cues while in the egg to determine…

Researchers have used ‘swarm learning’ – a novel, artificial intelligence technology – to detect blood…

Researchers developed a ‘Digger Finger’ robot that digs through granular material, like sand and gravel,…

New research confirms people visit places more frequently when they have to travel shorter distances…

Researchers have conducted two of the first studies in New England to collectively show that…

Sleep scientists assessed how effective caffeine was in counteracting the negative effects of sleep deprivation…

Fishery and aquaculture have given rise to an enormous uniformity in the diversity of bivalves…

Inspired by insects that suck nutrients directly from plant veins, physicists have studied whether valuable…

Non-parents expand the range of their facial expressions in caring for infants among primates. The…

Researchers have found strong evidence that warm ice – that is, ice very close in…

The cause of Earth’s deepest earthquakes has been a mystery to science for more than…

Researchers parsing the mechanism that in June 2020 transported a massive dust plume from Saharan…

By applying mass spectrometry, scientists provide some of the most detailed data on how mitochondrial…

Researchers have discovered that the frass of the horned passalus beetle is teeming with antibiotic…

Researchers show in a new study that a single material, a layered crystal consisting of…

Using novel imaging methods for studying brain metabolism, researchers have identified the reservoir for a…