Brain imaging links Alzheimer’s decline to tau protein
A study using a new PET imaging agent shows that measures of tau protein in the brain more closely track cognitive decline due to...
Exoplanets’ complex orbital structure points to planetary migration in solar systems
The University of Chicago's Sean Mills (left) and Daniel Fabrycky describe the complex orbital structure of the Kepler-223 expolanetary system in the May 11,...
Unsafe sex is fastest-growing risk for ill health in teens
The Lancet Commission's groundbreaking report, "Our Future: A Lancet Commission on Adolescent Health and Wellbeing," finds that years of neglect and underinvestment have had...
Climate change may have contributed to extinction of Neanderthals
New findings further support the hypothesis that changing climate was a factor in Neanderthal extinction. Credit: © Gianfranco Goria / Flickr
A researcher at the...
Too much folate in pregnant women increases risk for autism, study suggests
If a new mother has a very high level of folate right after giving birth -- more than four times what is considered adequate...
Mouse models of Zika in pregnancy show how fetuses become infected
Two mouse models of Zika virus infection in pregnancy were developed by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The models...
Twin study finds that gut microbiomes run in families
Does host gentoype shape the microbiome? This visual abstract shows the findings of Goodrich et al. present a gut microbiome analysis of 1,126 twin...
Archaeologists uncover 13,000-year-old bones of ancient, extinct species of bison at Old Vero Man...
In what is considered one of the oldest and most important archaeological digs in North America, scientists have uncovered what they believe are the...
Fossil dog: New species roamed eastern North America 12 million years ago
A fossil found in Maryland was identified by a University of Pennsylvania doctoral student as belonging to a new species of ancient dog. The...
American beekeepers lost 44 percent of bees in 2015-16
This chart presents ten years' worth of results from an annual survey of honey bee colony loss conducted by the Bee Informed Partnership. Originally...
New archaeological method finds children were skilled ceramists during the Bronze Age
Receptacle in a child's hands. Credit: K. Botwid
Artisanal interpretation of ceramics from the Bronze Age shows that a nine-year-old child could be a highly...
