Science News

LAWRENCE -- A strange thing sometimes happens when we listen to a spoken phrase again and again: It begins to...

When saber-toothed tigers, woolly mammoths and giant sloths roamed North America during the last Ice Age about 18,000 to 80,000...

MADISON, Wis. -- For birds and other wildlife, winter is a time of resource scarcity. Extreme winter weather events such...

Early prediction of treatment efficacy may help improve quality of life for people with breast cancer While early detection of...

RESEARCHERS at the University of Huddersfield have warned there is an urgent need for the country's mental health interventions to...

Thinner than a #2 pencil, the heart pump is being studied for boosting blood flow DETROIT (June 3, 2021) -...

University of Houston researcher wins prestigious Beckman Young Investigator Award Beau Alward, University of Houston assistant professor of psychology, who...

Left- or right-handedness is a symmetry property that many macroscopic objects also exhibit and which is of immense importance, particularly...

Using supercomputers, researchers develop new software for improved space weather prediction The surface of the sun churns with energy and...

You would not be surprised to see an elephant in the savanna or a plate in your kitchen. Based on...

A new study looking at the benefits of good farmer seed production suggests women need more support to participate in...

Pitt's Tamer Ibrahim uses recently optimized 7-Tesla MRI imaging technology to study SCD's effect on the brain Sickle Cell Disease...

If the offshore wind turbines are too numerous, they will produce less power; this should be considered when planning the...

Trilogy of papers provide insight into a critical step in how some viruses reproduce DURHAM, N.C. - A group of...

Research involving scientists from the University of A Coruña has succeeded in sequencing the oldest mitochondrial genome of the immediate...

The UNC School of Medicine lab of Mehmet Kesimer, PhD, discovered MUC5AC is more reliably associated with the manifestation of...

Dogs may have earned the title "man's best friend" because of how good they are at interacting with people. Those...

A biomarker in the blood of patients with bowel cancer may provide valuable insight into the risk of cancer relapse...

Researchers have developed a device using accelerometers and vibrators, similar to those found in mobile phones, that can be worn...

West Virginia University research shows faith communities have the potential to promote physical wellbeing along with emotional or spiritual health...