Diet high in fiber and vitamin A key to preventing allergies to peanuts and...
Eating a diet rich in fibre can actually shape the immune system to reduce allergies to substances such as peanuts, new research shows.
The study,...
How Squash Agriculture Spread Bees in Pre-Columbian North America
Using genetic markers, researchers have found that the spread of the squash bee in pre-Columbian Central and North America was tied to the spread...
New analysis reveals large-scale motion around San Andreas Fault System
Uplift (red) and subsidence (blue) around the San Andreas Fault System based on GPS data (top) confirms motion predicted by previous models (bottom). Credit:...
Astronomers find the first ‘wind nebula’ around a magnetar
This X-ray image shows extended emission around a source known as Swift J1834.9-0846, a rare ultra-magnetic neutron star called a magnetar. The glow arises...
Scientists use CRISPR to discover Zika, dengue weaknesses
Scientists at the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) have performed the first CRISPR/Cas9 screen to discover human proteins that Zika virus needs for...
Overweight, obese type 2 patients show improvements with structured nutrition therapy
Researchers at Joslin Diabetes Center have announced the results of a study that may change how nutrition therapy is delivered to overweight and obese...
New link found between diabetes, Alzheimer’s disease
Drugs used to treat diabetes could also be used to treat Alzheimer's disease, and vice versa, according to new research from the University of...
Itchy inflammation of mosquito bites helps viruses replicate
The inoculation of viruses into mosquito bite sites is an important and common stage of arbovirus infections. This visual abstract depicts the findings of...
An ocean lies a few kilometers beneath Saturn’s moon Enceladus’s icy surface
Image showing the thickness of Enceladus's ice shell, which reaches 35 kilometers in the cratered equatorial regions (shown in yellow) and less than 5...
Massive vertebrae sheds new light on Alamosaurus sanjuanensis
This is a drawing of the skeleton of Alamosaurus sanjuanensis compared to a 180cm (5ft 11") human. Based on reconstructed skeleton exhibited at the...
High levels of education linked to heightened brain tumor risk
Men with university level education were 19% more likely to develop a glioma--a type of cancerous tumor arising in glial cells that surround and...
