Chronic exposure to stress can lead to the development of depression-like disorders that manifest as a lack of motivation – even in the fruit fly Drosophila...
Vampire bats may soon take up residence in the United States and bring with them an ancient pathogen.Credit: Photo courtesy of Paige Van de Vuurst....
Scientists have made a surprising discovery that sheds new light on the role that oceanic deoxygenation (anoxia) played in one of the most devastating extinction...
Dietary food intake has a major influence on health indicators, including Body Mass Index (BMI), blood pressure, serum cholesterol and glucose. Previous research has shown...
SAN ANTONIO — November 27, 2023 —On November 17, 2023, the Polarimeter to UNify the Corona and Heliosphere (PUNCH) mission achieved an important milestone, passing...
Antibodies—proteins that are produced by our immune system to protect us—are crucial for recognizing and getting rid of unwanted substances, or antigens, in our body....
Kyoto, Japan -- Snails often get a bad rap for being slow and inefficient and are sometimes used to express laziness. Credit: KyotoU/Yuta Morii Kyoto, Japan...
Clarivate, a global information service provider in the U.K., annually releases a list of highly cited researchers based on the company's proprietary data analysis of...
The current understanding of the oil generation potential of oil shale and the dynamic process of organic matter pyrolysis is still unclear, leading to the...
How organisms develop from inanimate matter is one of the biggest questions in science. Although many possible explanations have been proposed, there are no definitive...
SAN ANTONIO — November 27, 2023 —Southwest Research Institute Lead Safety Engineer Matthew Herron, M.S., P.E., CSP, CPE, has been named the American Society of...
Hydrogen is a highly combustible gas that can help the world achieve its clean energy goals if manufactured in an environmentally responsible way. The primary...
Nearly a third of the world’s mine tailings are stored within or near protected conservation areas, University of Queensland research has found.Credit: Ferenc Nearly a...
Whether infants at five months of age look mostly at faces or non-social objects such as cars or mobile phones is largely determined by genes....
PITTSBURGH, Nov. 27, 2023 – Common neuropsychiatric symptoms that doctors see in Alzheimer’s disease patients originate from brain inflammation rather than amyloid and tau proteins,...
