Month: June 2017

Credit: Marilyn Chung, Berkeley Lab It turns out your skin is crawling with single-celled microorganisms -- and they're not just ...

Money may not grow on trees, but trees themselves and all that they provide have a dollar value nonetheless. At ...

WASHINGTON-- While there is solid evidence that adolescent overweight and obesity are associated with coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke, ...

Credit: University of Rochester Medical Center Scientists are a step closer to understanding how DNA, the molecules that carry all ...

With a sense of smell much greater than humans, dogs are considered the gold standard for explosive detection in many ...

China's trouble with smog and air pollution is well known, but air quality is beginning to improve as Chinese authorities ...

Credit: Eric Fishel Invasive parasites are a biological oxymoron. And yet, they are in our backyards! A new study analyzes ...

Credit: Kansas State University MANHATTAN, KANSAS -- The world's lightest 3-D printed structure is so lightweight that it can be ...

GeoSpace As climate stirs Arctic sea ice faster, pollution tags along A warming climate is not just melting the Arctic's ...

Credit: Nader Pourmand Nader Pourmand, professor of biomolecular engineering in the Baskin School of Engineering at UC Santa Cruz, has ...

Credit: Glen Hartman URBANA, Ill. - Midwestern growers don't worry much about soybean rust, but the fungal disease has been ...

The world needs high-speed climate action for an immediate bending-down of the global greenhouse-gas emissions curve, leading experts caution. Aggressive ...

Credit: The American Chemical Society The lack of clean water in many areas around the world is a persistent, major ...

Mildly stressing muscle metabolism boosts levels of a beneficial hormone that prevents obesity and diabetes in mice, according to a ...

Credit: Photo: Heather Stockdale Walden GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- University of Florida researchers have found rat lungworm, a parasitic nematode that ...

The American Heart Association (AHA) awarded investigators at University of Utah Health $3.7 million to conduct collaborative research to prevent ...

COLLEGE STATION - A multidisciplinary team of researchers is examining economic issues associated with providing transportation for the rural elderly ...

Credit: Michigan Medicine/Manifest ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- A new study suggests that most people with acute conjunctivitis, or pinkeye, are ...

Credit: NASA Wherever you find people, you also find bacteria and other microorganisms. The International Space Station is no exception. ...

It is a huge question in development economics: If a program yields good results in one country, will it work ...