New method can quickly and accurately detect infections

Two chemistry researchers have developed a method that can show quickly and accurately whether a person…

Neutrinos weighed by the world’s most precise scale

What is the mass of neutrinos? To answer one of the most fundamental and important open…

Physiological benefits may be experienced by veterans with PTSD who use service dogs

A new study shows how veterans with PTSD may benefit physiologically from using service dogs. This…

Basketball teams playing for survival in critical NBA playoffs are more likely to lose

A new study finds that basketball teams playing for survival in critical NBA playoff games are…

Urban violence can hurt test scores even for kids who don’t experience it

Children who attend school with many kids from violent neighborhoods can earn significantly lower test scores…

Researchers investigate the correlation between wind and wave height in the Arctic Ocean

An international research team has found an increase in high waves and winds in the ice-free…

Finally, hope for a syphilis vaccine

Despite efforts to eradicate it, syphilis is on the rise. It is the second leading cause…

Multiple lasers could be replaced by a single microcomb

Every time we send an e-mail, a tweet, or stream a video, we rely on laser…

1.35 million children’s lives saved by HiB and pneumococcal vaccines since 2000

Childhood deaths from two leading bacterial causes of pneumonia and meningitis, pneumococcus and Hib, declined sharply…

Long periods of viral suppression shown to reduce cancer risk in aging HIV population

Early, sustained antiretroviral therapy (ART), which results in long-term viral suppression, helps to prevent AIDS-defining cancers…