Intestinal cells and lactic acid bacteria work together to protect against Candida infections

The presence of probiotics such as lactic acid bacteria changes the environment in the intestine and…

Scientists identify a possible source for Charon's red cap

Southwest Research Institute scientists combined data from NASA’s New Horizons mission with novel laboratory experiments and…

Computer simulations of proteins help unravel why chemotherapy resistance occurs

Understanding why and how chemotherapy resistance occurs is a major step toward optimizing treatments for cancer.…

A fishy capture reveals a prized species moving south

A fishing expedition on the NSW Mid North Coast has hooked an unexpected catch for a…

Testing the use of human urine as a natural fertilizer for crops

A team of researchers from several institutions in Niger, Germany and the U.K. has conducted a…

UN Sustainable Development Goals are influencing narrative, not policy

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have influenced governments’ narratives around sustainability, but have not…

Remote sensing helps track carbon storage in mangroves

Mangrove forests store huge amounts of carbon but figuring out how much is stored globally is…

Systematic warming pool discovered in the Pacific due to human activities

In a study just released in the journal Communications Earth and Environment, Dr. Armineh Barkhordarian confirms…

Black death: How we solved the centuries-old mystery of its origins

It is not an exaggeration to say that the question of where and when the Black…

Mysterious climate behavior during Earth's most severe mass extinction event explained

The end-Permian mass extinction is the most severe mass extinction event ever recorded, during which ~80%…