Health

September 20, 2025

A dirty job: Tracking coronavirus using human waste

University of Missouri scientists assisting Missouri officials with Coronavirus Sewershed Surveillance ProjectCredit: University of Missouri Recent studies in the Netherlands...

UTEP researchers uncover brain mechanisms in fruit flies that may impact future learning

Credit: Simon Lee EL PASO, Texas - A research team from The University of Texas at El Paso has made...

Humans navigate with stereo olfaction

Credit: YE Yuting "If in doubt, always follow your nose," said Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings. Despite Gandalf's...

Air pollution, smoking and built environment are associated with an increase risk of childhood obesity

173 exposures analysed in first major study to assess risk of obesity in childhood using an exposome-wide approachCredit: ISGlobal How...

Four new species of giant single-celled organisms discovered on Pacific seafloor

Credit: Jennifer Durden and Craig Smith, DeepCCZ Project. Two new genera and four new species of giant, single-celled xenophyophores (protozoans...

Researchers design COVID-19 knowledge base and risk assessment tool powered by AI

FAU's College of Engineering and computer science machine learning project receives NSF rapid grantCredit: Florida Atlantic University Researchers from Florida...

Medicinal cannabis may reduce behavioral problems in kids with intellectual disabilities

Credit: Tatevosian Yana Cannabidiol, a type of medicinal cannabis, may reduce severe behavioural problems in children and adolescents with an...

Countries with early adoption of face masks showed modest COVID-19 infection rates

Credit: ATS June 24, 2020 - Regions with an early interest in face masks had milder COVID-19 epidemics, according to...

Scientists uncover new genetic mutations linked to autism spectrum disorder

Credit: Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute and Radboud University Medical Center...

Inspiring innovative solutions to protect the planet

26 teams from across the world are developing solutions to make artisanal mining more responsibleCredit: Amy Richards / Guy Loftus...

Innovative smartphone-camera adaptation images melanoma and non-melanoma

Innovative research published in SPIE's Journal of Biomedical Optics suggests low-cost, accessible diagnostic tool for skin cancerCredit: SPIE BELLINGHAM, Washington,...

NYU Dentistry awarded $2 million to train dentists to treat people with disabilities

Through new training program funding, 'bridging the gap' aims to expand dental workforce with skills and commitment to patients with...

Airborne mapping sheds light on climate sensitivity of California redwoods

Credit: Global Airborne Observatory, ASU Center for Global Discovery and Conservation Science. Throughout California, the effects of climate change are...

NIH investigators hope CD47 study leads to infectious diseases immunotherapy

Credit: NIAID WHAT: NIH investigators and colleagues have discovered that when the immune system first responds to infectious agents such...

Welfare concerns highlighted over ‘institutional hoarding’ of cats

Credit: Courtesy of Linda Jacobson/Toronto Humane Society The compulsive hoarding of animals is a poorly understood psychiatric disorder in people....

Scientists use protein, RNA to make hollow, spherical sacks called vesicles

Such bubble-like structures -- crafted without traditional lipid building blocks -- could potentially be engineered to deliver drugs, researchers sayCredit: Ibraheem Alshareedah...

Immune system works differently between and first and later pregnancies

Study provides biological insights into miscarriage and preterm birthCredit: Cincinnati Children's CINCINNATI - Among the holy quests of serious and...

COVID-READY helps hotels during and after the pandemic

KIT Spin-off offers software and certification for hygiene and protective measuresCredit: Photo: Hotel Resilient With hotels reopening after the corona...

Tracking down cryptic peptides

Credit: Rudolf Virchow Center / University of Wuerzburg Almost all cells of the human body present fragments of cellular proteins...

New drug candidate reawakens sleeping HIV in hopes of functional cure