The process by which phages—viruses that infect and replicate within bacteria—enter cells has been studied for over 50 years. In a new study, researchers from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Texas A&M ...
At concerts, in stadiums, in nightclubs, or during group dances on the beach, what helps people move to the same rhythm the most is bouncing, a simple movement that acts as a facilitator of synchronization among people. This ...
A study of horses—which share many important similarities with humans in their chromosomes and pregnancies—revealed that 42% of miscarriages and spontaneous abortions in the first two months of pregnancy were due to complications ...
Shortly after an asteroid slammed into Earth 66 million years ago, life for non-avian dinosaurs ended, but the evolutionary story for the early ancestors of birds began.
A biochemical breakthrough using simple carbon atoms, by Ken Yamada, Ph.D., and Anastasia Khvorova, Ph.D., has dramatically improved the stability and efficacy of a potential oligonucleotide therapeutic platform in mice. ...
A team of researchers, including colleagues from the University of Tokyo's Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, have transferred into common fruit flies genes from simple organisms capable of regenerating their bodies. ...
NASA is delaying its next astronaut launch to buy more time at the International Space Station for Boeing's troubled new crew capsule.
In a new survey study, Dutch employees who worked from home tended to report higher levels of productivity and less burnout if they were more satisfied with their home office setup. The study also linked more air ventilation ...
Organofluorine compounds—sometimes called "forever chemicals"—are increasingly turning up in our drinking water, oceans and even human blood, posing a potential threat to the environment and human health.
New research from the University of Oxford on wild lions has revealed that males and females experience vastly different changes to their social network throughout their lives, and that this may shape their survival.
