Poor sleep and type 2 diabetes means slower wound healing

People with Type 2 diabetes who don't sleep well could need more time to heal their…

Super-resolution microscopy: Getting even closer to the limit

In a pioneering study, scientists have demonstrated that the use of chemically-modified DNA aptamers as protein…

New medical specialty needed to manage growing number of Americans with diabetes

Fourteen years after one-year fellowship programs were created to give primary care physicians the clinical skills…

Biological engineers discover new antibiotic candidates

Researchers have found that fragments of the protein pepsinogen, an enzyme used to digest food in…

Chemical engineers uncover ways to pattern solid surfaces to enhance how water interacts with them

The dynamics of water near solid surfaces play a critical role in numerous technologies, including water…

Warming waters linked to lobster disease

New findings reveal that earlier springs and hotter summers in the northeastern U.S. are making resident…

Light from ancient quasars helps confirm quantum entanglement

New research boosts the case for quantum entanglement. Scientists have used distant quasars, one of which…

STAT3 can be a therapeutic target for chronic active EBV infection, a fatal disorder

Chronic active Epstein-Barr virus infection (CAEBV) is an inflammatory disorder with potential for tumor development. Here,…

A timescale for the origin and evolution of all of life on Earth

A new study has used a combination of genomic and fossil data to explain the history…

California plain shows surprising winners and losers from prolonged drought

A long-term study has tracked how hundreds of species in the Carrizo Plain National Monument fared…