How good bacteria control your genes
Scientists from the Babraham Institute near Cambridge in collaboration with colleagues from Brazil (here and here) and Italy have discovered a way that good...
Recreational marijuana legalization: Do more youth use or do youth use more?
What impact may legalization of recreational marijuana in Oregon have on teen marijuana use? Recent results from an Oregon Research Institute (ORI) study indicate...
US childhood mortality rates have lagged behind other wealthy nations for the past 50...
In a new study of childhood mortality rates between 1961 and 2010 in the United States and 19 economically similar countries, researchers report that...
Lake Michigan waterfowl botulism deaths linked to warm waters and algae
Since the 1960s, tens of thousands of birds living on the Great Lakes have died during periodic outbreaks of botulism. The outbreaks have only...
North American waterways are becoming saltier and more alkaline
Across North America, streams and rivers are becoming saltier, thanks to road deicers, fertilizers and other salty compounds that humans indirectly release into waterways....
Self-defense for plants
When you see brown spots on otherwise healthy green leaves, you may be witnessing a plant's immune response as it tries to keep a...
A biological solution to carbon capture and recycling
Scientists at the University of Dundee have discovered that E. coli bacteria could hold the key to an efficient method of capturing and storing or recycling...
Scientists uncover why sauna bathing is good for your health
Over the past couple of years, scientists at the University of Eastern Finland have shown that sauna bathing is associated with a variety of...
Surprising result shocks scientists studying spin
Imagine playing a game of billiards, putting a bit of counter-clockwise spin on the cue ball and watching it deflect to the right as...
Agricultural fungicide attracts honey bees
When given the choice, honey bee foragers prefer to collect sugar syrup laced with the fungicide chlorothalonil over sugar syrup alone, researchers report in...
Rice University lab modifies nanoscale virus to deliver peptide drugs to cells, tissues
By chipping away at a viral protein, Rice University scientists have discovered a path toward virus-like, nanoscale devices that may be able to deliver...
