Science News

November 7, 2025

Research shows promising results for Parkinson’s disease treatment

Embargoed until 2:00 p.m. on October 8, 2021. Credit: Rachel Keady Keeney Embargoed until 2:00 p.m. on October 8, 2021....

Second most common malaria parasite takes unrealized toll on human health

The malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax (P. vivax) causes frequent, chronic infections that represent a major unrecognized burden on global health,...

The climate-driven mass extinction no one had seen

DURHAM, N.C. – Sixty-three percent. That’s the proportion of mammal species that vanished from Africa and the Arabian Peninsula around...

Referential alarm calls increase vigilance in brood parasite hosts

Yellow warblers are hosts to brood parasitic brown-headed cowbirds, which rely on other species to raise their offspring. Warblers use...

A cousin of Viagra reduces obesity by stimulating cells to burn fat, study shows

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECredit: Images courtesy of David Kass FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine have found that a...

Corals once thought to be a single species are really two, study concludes

BUFFALO, N.Y. — On a night dive off the coast of St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands in 2016,...

Kids with MIS-C mount normal T cell response to COVID-19

Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is a serious condition associated with a recent COVID-19 infection. The syndrome is rare,...

Study reveals impact of wild meat consumption on greenhouse gas emissions

Consuming sustainably sourced wild meat instead of domesticated livestock reduces greenhouse gas emissions and retains precious tropical forest systems, which...

Birds learn to avoid plants that host dangerous insects, researchers have found

Young birds that eat insects with conspicuous warning colouration to advertise their toxicity to would-be predators quickly learn to avoid...

Agenda to advance kidney care in diverse populations: using preclinical research to enhance and direct clinical research

National Kidney Foundation, Leading nephrology experts develop roadmap to advance kidney disease research

The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) released today a research roadmap that, if funded by Congress, would quickly accelerate innovations in treatment and increase...

Extinct ground sloth likely ate meat with its veggies

A new study led by researchers at the American Museum of Natural History suggests that Mylodon—a ground sloth that lived...

Study reveals abundance of microscopic paint flakes in the North Atlantic

Flakes of paint could be one of the most abundant type of microplastic particles in the ocean, new research has...

USask researchers (left to right) Drs. Juan Ianowski, Xiaojie (Jay) Luan and Julian Tam

New USask research contributes to understanding of Cystic Fibrosis

SASKATOON – Researchers at the University of Saskatchewan (USask) are hopeful new understanding of cellular defects related to Cystic Fibrosis...

WVU to receive $2.7 million from NIH to study how the brain heals from stroke and impact of aging

Although strokes can occur no matter how old you are, your risk for one increases as you age. About two-thirds...

Genetic analysis reveals differences in mate choice between wild and hatchery coho salmon

NEWPORT, Ore. – A new study of the genetic profiles of wild and hatchery coho salmon demonstrates important distinctions in...

Kevin W. Garey, professor of pharmacy practice at the UH College of Pharmacy

C. difficile is everywhere

Clostridium difficile or C. diff – a bacteria that causes inflammation of the colon and severe diarrhea – is widely prevalent in non-healthcare...

Neurobiologists identify widely used assembling and stabilizing forces behind brain synapses

Within the brain and other parts of the nervous system, synapses are key junctional points in between neurons (the nerve...

Deep Look. An Asian water monitor lizard (Varanus salvator) in the Lower Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary, Sabah, Malaysia (Borneo).

Borneo forest patches adjacent to palm oil plantations may be key refuges for species including Asian water monitor lizards

Borneo forest patches adjacent to palm oil plantations may be key refuges for species including Asian water monitor lizardsCredit: Sergio...

Line and hook fishing techniques in Epipaleolithic Israel

Humans in the Middle East were using complex fishing tools and techniques by 12,000 years ago, according to a study...

Nestor’s Cup from Cremation 168, Pithekoussai’s necropolis.

Multiple individuals are buried in the Tomb of Nestor’s Cup