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New research supports the creation of more marine reserves in the world's oceans because, the authors say, fish can evolve to be more cautious and...

Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - Geologist and geochemist Isaac Larsen at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has received a five-year, $542,000 faculty early career...

Credit: Image by Purdue University Envision Center WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - As children, we learned about our solar system's planets by certain characteristics -- Jupiter...

Smokers treated for breast cancer have much higher risks than non-smokers of developing lung cancer or heart attack as a result of radiotherapy - according...

Tumors of the brain and spinal cord, or gliomas, are among the most commonly occurring brain tumors. Although a majority of gliomas are classified as...

Credit: Credit: Purdue Agricultural Communications/Tom Campbell WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Doctors may soon be able to detect and monitor a patient's cancer with a simple...

Credit: Sun & Chan/U of T Engineering ATMs and coffee shops such as Tim Hortons, Starbucks and Second Cup make ideal locations for placing automated...

Credit: Gianluca Fontana/UW-Madison MADISON, Wis. -- Borrowing from nature is an age-old theme in science. Form and function go hand-in-hand in the natural world and...

Credit: Arcadio Castillo, STRI Dead zones affect dozens of coral reefs around the world and threaten hundreds more according to a new study by Smithsonian...

Credit: NASA/Frankie Martin Bacteria may mutate more rapidly in space and scientists theorize patterns of those mutations could help predict how pathogens become resistant to...

A small protein that could protect the brain from stroke-induced injury has been discovered by researchers from The University of Queensland and Monash University. UQ...

Credit: Trinity College Dublin Microbiologists at Trinity College Dublin have discovered a new way to prevent bacteria from growing on medical devices such as hip...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- As the world ends, will you lock arms and sing "Kumbayah" or embark on a path of law-breaking, anti-social behavior? A new...

Chicago's red-light cameras reduce serious injury crashes at intersections where they are placed and also have a measurable "spillover effect" that improves safety at intersections...

Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, March 16, 2017 - Why are so many supermarket tomatoes tasteless and rock hard? In the 1990s, breeders developed...