Credit: ATS June 29, 2018--Higher daily doses of rifampin, a cornerstone of tuberculosis treatment, killed more TB bacteria in sputum cultures, and the higher doses...
When the American Society for Horticultural Science convenes its annual conference this summer, some discussion will involve matters of concern to the general public. On...
Genetic ancestry tests are often advertised as a tool to uncover new connections to diverse cultures and ancestries, but new research from the University of...
A few years ago, Ian Swinburne, HMS research fellow in systems biology, noticed something odd while conducting a time-lapse microscopy study of the inner ear...
Credit: penn State Dramatic improvements have been made to the process of converting carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, to methanol, a fuel and building block...
The loss of anatomical features is a frequent evolutionary event. For example, humans and other great apes have lost their tail and whales have lost...
Charles Lieber and his group are rewriting the rules of how scientists study retinal cells, and they're doing it with a single injection. For decades,...
The sexual habits of Trichophyton rubrum, the fungus that causes athlete's foot and other kinds of skin and nail infections, were the focus of a...
Credit: Ben Stanger, Katelyn Byrne, Perelman School of Medicine PHILADELPHIA - So-called "hot" tumors filled with T cells are often considered to be more sensitive...
We humans are the only primates that can flexibly control the pitch of our voices. This melodic control is not just important for our singing...
Credit: Roberto Keller A new study, to be published in Current Biology* on 28 June, proposes new strategies to induce the collapse of bacterial populations,...
In the largest study to date that examined concerns of adult survivors of childhood cancer, a substantial proportion of survivors reported lack of concern about...
Credit: Tim Wacher, ZSL A pioneering new project trials fingerprinting techniques to battle pangolin poaching. Forensic fingerprinting techniques will now be used in the battle...
Credit: Leibniz-IZW Scientists of the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (Leibniz IZW) in Berlin analysed the spatial behaviour of cheetahs. They showed that...
Credit: TCP/Liran Samuni "Leaf clipping is a special behaviour. It is a rare example of tool-use in a communicative context and has been proposed to...
