Ice loss causing Arctic to reflect less heat

A loss of snow and ice cover are the main reasons for the reduction of the…

Gold mining critically impairs water quality in rivers across Peruvian biodiversity hotspot

A Dartmouth study finds that artisanal-scale gold mining is altering water clarity and dynamics in the…

Study reveals how two strains of one bacterium combine to cause flesh-eating infection

In recent years, scientists have found that serious infections that progress rapidly and resist treatment are…

New research explains how HIV avoids getting ZAPped

Humans have evolved dynamic defense mechanisms against the viruses that seek to infect our bodies—proteins that…

Prey-size plastics are invading larval fish nurseries

New research shows that many larval fish species from different ocean habitats are ingesting plastics in…

New fossil pushes back physical evidence of insect pollination to 99 million years ago

A new study co-led by researchers in the U.S. and China has pushed back the first-known…

Hurricanes have become bigger and more destructive for the U.S., study finds

A new study by researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Aslak Grinsted, Peter…

'Ghost' footprints from Pleistocene era revealed by radar tech

Invisible footprints hiding since the end of the last ice age — and what lies beneath…

Cholesterol levels in American adults declining since 2013 guideline release

The implementation of the 2013 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Guideline on the Treatment of…

Biomarker blood test could reveal high risk heart patients in need of treatment

Preventive cardiology researchers believe that a new blood test for protein biomarkers could identify early stage…