In addition, breastfeeding and better hygiene appear to protect against infection. The results provide hope for a vaccine, according to research from the…
Opportunities for economic development and the link with justice issues are both key explanations for Sweden's actions during the climate negotiations, reveals…
Digger wasps of the genus Philanthus, so-called beewolves, house beneficial bacteria on their cocoons that guarantee protection against harmful microorganisms….
A new study by researchers from the University of Miami shows that maternal sensitivity may influence language development among children who go on to develop…
The work, published in the Public Library of Science journal PLoS Pathogens on Feb. 26, suggests that the compound CS-8958 is a promising alternative antiviral…
A comprehensive drug development strategy that starts with extensive screening of potential targeting agents and then narrows down to a small-molecule…
A three-year field program now underway is measuring carbon distributions and primary productivity in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean to help scientists worldwide…
Despite decades of research, answers to these basic questions about one of our most essential bodily functions remain exceptionally difficult to answer. In…
A first-of-its-kind study of a Caspian Sea beluga sturgeon (Huso huso) fishery demonstrates current harvest rates are four to five times higher than those that…
Sinonasal cancers are very rare but aggressive types of cancer. Patients usually present with advanced stage with tumors involving normal structures in the…
Ever looked carefully at the leaves on a plant and noticed their various sizes and shapes? Why are they different? What controls the size and shape of each…
By reworking a theory first proposed by physicists in the 1920s, the researchers discovered a new way to predict important characteristics of a new material…
The study, led by Dilip V. Jeste, MD, Distinguished Professor of psychiatry and neurosciences at UCSD School of Medicine, Estelle and Edgar Levi Chair in…
Stories of environmental damage and their consequences always seem to take place far away and in another country, usually a tropical one with lush rainforests…
Recent years have seen significant advances in the properties achieved by both these materials, and so researchers have begun to blend these materials into…
Dark matter, for more than 70 years as mysterious and unknowable a subject to science as the legendary island of Atlantis has been to history, is bringing 140…