Deep-brain exploration with nanomaterial

Studying deep brain tissues noninvasively is difficult. Now scientists have developed a way to send light…

Influence of increasing carbon dioxide levels on the seabed

Subseabed CO2 storage is a potential future climate change mitigation technology. In a holistic approach, this…

Devoted frog fathers guard their eggs from predators

A new study has revealed that male white-spotted bush frogs dedicatedly guard their fertilized eggs from…

Recreating liver tumors as organoids for faster, more accurate drug screening

A major challenge in developing liver cancer drugs is that preclinical testing occurs in tumor models…

Chimpanzee self-control is related to intelligence

As is true in humans, chimpanzees' general intelligence is correlated to their ability to exert self-control…

Search for genetically stable bioengineered gut and liver tissue takes step forward

Before medical science can bioengineer human organs in a lab for therapeutic use, two remaining hurdles…

Enzyme plays a key role in calories burned both during obesity and dieting

Ever wonder why obese bodies burn less calories or why dieting often leads to a plateau…

Breakthrough in controlling the transmission of light

Researchers detail the development of a new light wave-isolation method.

Only one-third of patients diagnosed with depression start treatment

Despite the wide availability of effective treatments for depression and a growing effort nationwide to detect…

Competing for blood: How ecologists are solving infectious disease mysteries

By looking at malaria infections and hookworms as competitors battling over a key resource -- red…