Changes in food variety, portion size, dietary energy, and selected micronutrients are potentially fueling the obesity epidemic, according to a new study published in the...
Credit: @tsarcyanide/MIPT Press Office A Chinese research team joined forces with Russian and U.S. biologists to obtain the crystal structure of the human type 2...
Every year, the American Ornithological Society presents a range of awards honoring members for their stellar contributions to science and their impactful service to the...
Climate scientists predict disastrous consequences if greenhouse gases continue to accumulate at ever-increasing rates. Experts agree that any solution will require drastic reductions in emissions...
Credit: Photo by US Army Flight Operations Specialist 4 John Crivello in 1969 URBANA, Ill. - During the Vietnam War, United States aircraft sprayed more...
Credit: Photo by Matt Cashore/University of Notre Dame. New research into the way nerve fibers enter the wall of the spinal cord during early development...
Scientists alter yeast metabolism to produce THC, CBDCredit: Jay Keasling lab, UC Berkeley University of California, Berkeley, synthetic biologists have engineered brewer's yeast to produce...
Researchers are integrating ultrasound imaging with ultrasound therapy to pave the way for a new kind of drug deliveryCredit: Hong Chen lab If traditional drug...
When building a quantum computer, one needs to reckon with errors - in both senses of the word. Quantum bits or "qubits", which can take...
A new online catalog makes it easy to predict topological behaviors in materialsCredit: Maia G. Vergniory, Luis Elcoro, Claudia Felser, Nicolas Regnault, B. Andrei Bernevig...
Applying antimalarial drugs to bed nets could lead to drop in malaria transmission Mosquitoes that landed on surfaces coated with the anti-malarial compound atovaquone were...
Credit: Yale University New Haven, Conn. - One of the key concepts in quantum physics is entanglement, in which two or more quantum systems become...
The review, published in Nature, outlines how healthcare workers in low-income countries, like those in sub-Saharan Africa, could use existing smartphones to diagnose, track and...
Along with many other harmful health consequences, smoking tobacco causes chemical changes, oxidative stress and inflammation in the brain. Excessive alcohol use can have similar...
Optical effect could be harnessed for light displays, litmus tests, and makeup products Engineers at MIT and Penn State University have found that under the...
