Science News

September 21, 2025

IUPUI microbiologists uncover clues to clustering of lethal bacteria in CF patients’ lungs

Credit: Indiana University Communications INDIANAPOLIS -- Individuals with cystic fibrosis, or CF, have a high risk of chronic pneumonia because...

Low serum calcium may increase risk of sudden cardiac arrest

Credit: Mayo Clinic Proceedings Rochester, MN, October 5, 2017 - Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) is fatal for over 90% of...

Air pollution exposure on home-to-school routes reduces the growth of working memory

A study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), an institute supported by the "la Caixa" Banking Foundation,...

RUDN chemists identified the structure of the agent causing mutations in lionfish embryos

Credit: Fedor Zubkov Researchers from the People's Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University) have refined our understanding of the structure...

Dundee scientists solve 3-D structure of key defense protein against Parkinson’s disease

Scientists at the University of Dundee have identified the structure of a key enzyme that protects the brain against Parkinson's...

Researchers get straight to the heart of piezoelectric tissues

WASHINGTON, D.C., October 5, 2017 -- For years, scientists have wondered whether the heart and adjacent vessels might have evolved...

Brain study reveals how insects make beeline for home

Scientists have discovered how the wiring of bees' brains helps them plot the most direct route back to their hive....

Climate solution in soil?

Credit: Jennifer Harden If you want to do something about global warming, look under your feet. Managed well, soil's ability...

Germs in the kitchen: Salmonella better known than Campylobacter

In the latest issue, it can again be seen that consumers often underestimate risks which are classified as health-relevant from...

Key plant species may be important for supporting wildflower pollinators

Increased agricultural production has likely led to loss, fragmentation, and degradation of flower-rich habitats for pollinators. To counteract these negative...

Prehistoric humans are likely to have formed mating networks to avoid inbreeding

Prehistoric humans are likely to have formed mating networks to avoid inbreeding Early humans seem to have recognised the dangers...

Sperm banking is underutilized by adolescent and young adult cancer patients

Credit: Seth Dixon / St. Jude Children's Research Hospital A comprehensive study of adolescent and young adult cancer patients found...

Mystery of breast cancer risk gene solved, 20 years after its discovery

New Haven, Conn.-- More than 20 years after scientists revealed that mutations in the BRCA1 gene predispose women to breast...

Cell stress response sheds light on treating inflammation-related cancer, aging

Credit: Maria Grazia Vizioli and Zhixun Dou, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania PHILADELPHIA -- Stress - defined broadly...

Imaging agents developed to better monitor growth of tumours

Credit: University of Alberta (Edmonton, AB) UAlberta researchers have created two new imaging agents that could help physicians visualize the...

Delays for melanoma surgeries linked to insurance type

CHAPEL HILL -- A retrospective review of several thousand melanoma cases in North Carolina found that Medicaid patients were more...

Blood test for HPV may help predict risk in cancer patients

CHAPEL HILL - A blood test for the human papillomavirus, or HPV, may help researchers forecast whether patients with throat...

New use for alcohol aversion drug in treatment of chemo resistant lung cancer found

Scientists have had positive results from a laboratory-based study using a well-known alcohol aversion drug to try to combat chemotherapy...

Health care professional’s recommendation important factor for chemoprevention decisions

Bottom Line: A health care professional's recommendation was the most important factor driving decisions by women at high risk for...

New approach may hold the key to treating antibiotic-resistant bacteria