New images capture unseen details of the synapse

Scientists have created one of the most detailed 3D images of the synapse, the important juncture…

Scientists discover small RNA that regulates bacterial infection

Researchers have identified the major mechanism behind the transition between chronic and acute P. aeruginosa infections.…

Conflict in marriage less harmful for kids when dad keeps it constructive

Conflict is unavoidable in all marriages. When it erupts in families with children, stressed or angry…

A machine learning approach to freshwater analysis

A team of researchers has applied a machine learning model to explore where and to what…

The Viking disease can be due to gene variants inherited from Neanderthals

Many men in northern Europe over the age of 60 suffer from the so-called Viking disease,…

Shining potential of missing atoms

Single photons have applications in quantum computation, information networks, and sensors, and these can be emitted…

Key building block for life found at Saturn's moon Enceladus

The search for extraterrestrial life in our solar system just got more exciting. A team of…

Building a new vaccine arsenal to eradicate polio

Despite some of the most successful international vaccination campaigns in history, the poliovirus continues to circulate…

Five meerkats dead in suspected dye poisoning at Philadelphia Zoo

Officials say a substance used to mark them might be to blame for the deaths at…

Trees found growing at record altitudes up Scotland's Munros

Researchers’ discoveries include a rowan found growing more than 3,700ft up a Highland mountain. …