In resource-poor settings, vaccinating mothers against flu can protect newborns too, new study finds...
Each year, influenza causes between 250,000 and half a million deaths around the world. Pregnant women and young infants have a higher risk of...
Walnuts may improve your colon health
Eating walnuts may change gut bacteria in a way that suppresses colon cancer, researchers led by UConn Health report in the journal Cancer Prevention...
Underwater ‘lost city’ found to be geological formation
The ancient underwater remains of a long lost Greek city were in fact created by a naturally occurring phenomenon -- according to joint research...
Promising treatment prospects for invasive breast cancer
The new active ingredient consists of DARPins (red and orange) bend the HER2 receptors (blue) so no more growth signal is transmitted into the...
Scientists discover oldest plant root stem cells
The discovery of the 1.5 mm tip of a root was discovered in the fossil soil. The tip was recognisable as root by the...
Scientists propose project that includes making human DNA
A depiction of the double helical structure of DNA. Its four coding units (A, T, C, G) are color-coded in pink, orange, purple and...
Scientists create compound that erases disease-causing RNA defect
In an important new study with implications for the treatment of dozens of incurable diseases, scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research...
A new Einstein Ring: Distant galaxy lensed by gravity
A multinational team of astronomers has found an Einstein Ring, a rare image of a distant galaxy lensed by gravity. The scientists, from Spain,...
Brain power: Why do humans have the largest cerebral cortex?
Immunostaining after two weeks of differentiation of neural progenitor cells into neurons.
Credit: Neha Rani
Compared to other mammals, humans have the largest cerebral cortex. A...
Bionic leaf turns sunlight into liquid fuel
A new "bionic leaf" system uses solar energy to produce liquid fuel. Credit: Courtesy of Jessica Polka/Silver Lab
The days of drilling into the ground...
New radio map of Jupiter reveals what’s beneath colorful clouds
The VLA radio map of the region around the Great Red Spot in Jupiter's atmosphere shows complex upwellings and downwellings of ammonia gas (upper...
