World’s biggest fisheries supported by seagrass meadows

Scientific research has provided the first quantitative global evidence of the significant role that seagrass meadows…

Snap-lock mechanism in bacterial riboswitch

In a discovery that points to potential new antibiotic medicines, scientists have deciphered the workings of…

Target for chikungunya treatment

Scientists have identified a molecule found on human cells and some animal cells that could be…

Reading the minds of pilots on the fly

Wearable brain monitoring sensors allowed researchers to measure cognitive workload while aircraft pilots completed memory tasks.

Scientists find link between increases in local temperature and antibiotic resistance

Bacteria have long been thought to develop antibiotic resistance largely due to repeated exposure through over-prescribing.…

Profiling the genome hundreds of variations at a time

Using baker's yeast, a team at Harvard's Wyss Institute developed a CRISPR-Cas9-based high-throughput approach that allows…

Autism is not linked to eating fish in pregnacy

A major study examining the fish-eating habits of pregnant women has found that they are not…

Boron nitride nanotubes enhanced for next-gen composites

Researchers discover a way to 'decorate' electrically insulating boron nitride nanotubes with functional groups. That makes…

Immune cells hold promise in slowing down ALS

Recent research showed that a new immunotherapy was safe for patients with ALS and also revealed…

Cell types underlying schizophrenia identified

Scientists have identified the cell types underlying schizophrenia. The findings offer a roadmap for the development…