Credit: Dr Christian Rabeling While new ant species are usually discovered in surveys involving researchers searching through leaf litter, it turns out that sifting through...
Typically ignored, the millions of microorganisms that we tread upon daily play a major role in the decomposition of soil matter – one that is...
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine An international team of scientists has identified variants of the gene EBF3 causing a developmental disorder with features in common...
About one third of people with depression have high levels of inflammation markers in their blood. New research indicates that persistent inflammation affects the brain...
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Could it be that sex actually does not sell? An analysis of nearly 80 advertising studies...
Menlo Park, Calif. — Construction begins today on a major upgrade to a unique X-ray laser at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory....
Credit: Lui Weber The Australian Sunshine Coast’s plant diversity has helped University of Queensland researchers confirm that nurture has the upper hand – at least...
IMAGE: Skin cells from a patient with X-linked Retinitis Pigmentosa were transformed into induced pluripotent stem cells and the blindness-causing point mutation in the RPGR...
In cancer, cell signaling pathways are the critical chain of events that can either quash or quicken disease progression. A multi-institutional international study led by...
Credit: NIAID A Phase 1 clinical trial to test the safety and tolerability of an investigational vaccine against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) has begun at...
Credit: Rachel Wu UC Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif. – One day, our brains will not work the way they used to, we won't be as "sharp"...
Credit: UGA Athens, Ga. – University of Georgia researchers have found a way to enhance chemotherapy's cancer-killing powers, bringing science one step closer to a...
Water quality scientist Laura Christianson is working on a solution to the "dead zone"–an area with dangerously low levels of oxygen– in the Gulf of...
Credit: Schulich Medicine & Dentistry, Western University Researchers at Western University have found a way to use pharmaceuticals to reverse the negative psychiatric effects of...
Oct. 25, 2016 – How does space travel affect the spine? Astronauts on long missions in space have atrophy of the muscles supporting the spine–which...
