After performing an analysis of the antimicrobial properties of a peptide found in the venom of Polybia paulista, a species of South American social wasp,...
Parkinson’s disease is a brain disorder that can lead to shaking, stiffness and difficulty with walking, balance and coordination. Dementia with Lewy...
Using as little as 1 picogram of purified DNA sample (think 2.5 trillion times lighter than a penny), scientists at the University of Brisbane have developed...
A study published in the December 6, 2018 issue of the journal Scientific Reports found newborns with vitamin D deficiency had a 44% increased risk of...
In an analysis of septuagenarians who have been exercising for decades, researchers from Ball State University found that they have heart and lung capacities...
A new study shows neurons in mice that influence metabolism are active for up to two days after a single workout. The study, published in the journal Molecular...
Adult cardiac stem cells don’t exist, according to a new study in mice by researchers from the Hubrecht Institute, the Amsterdam University Medical Center,...
An international team of archaeologists and paleoanthropologists has uncovered 2.4-million-year-old stone artifacts and cutmarked bones at the archaeological...
A new study by University of Alberta scientists demonstrates that words are judged funnier if they are less common and have an improbable orthographic...
As far back as 40,000 years ago (Upper Paleolithic), ancient people kept track of time using relatively advanced knowledge of astronomy.
The Lascaux Shaft...
Some things you learn in school turn out not to be true, for example that there are just five senses or three states of matter. Now cutting-edge research...
Vegetable, fruit, and orange juice consumption may be associated with a lower risk of memory loss in men, according to a new study from the Harvard T.H....
A new study by Western University, Canada, supports the notion that tobacco packaging which conveys to smokers that ‘others’ view smoking negatively...
Researchers from the University of Oxford and PsiOxus Therapeutics have successfully adapted an oncolytic adenovirus that specifically kills cancer cells,...
Professor George Paxinos from Neuroscience Research Australia has discovered a hidden region of the human brain.
The endorestiform nucleus is found near...
Levels of exposure to outdoor air pollution among children with intellectual disabilities are significantly higher than those of children without intellectual...
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) brain scans have revealed that playing a single season of high school football can cause significant microscopic changes...
