Blood lead levels lower, but tooth decay higher in children who do not drink tap water

American children and adolescents who do not drink tap water, which is typically fluoridated, are much…

White male gun owners with money stress more likely to be morally attached to their guns

White male gun owners who have lost, or fear losing, their economic footing tend to feel…

US arthritis prevalence is much higher than current estimates

New research indicates that the prevalence of arthritis in the United States has been substantially underestimated,…

New HIV guideline outlines cost-effective prevention strategies for high-risk people

A new Canadian guideline outlines how new biomedical strategies to prevent HIV infection can best be…

Soil researchers quantify an underappreciated factor in carbon release to the atmosphere

Soil plays a critical role in global carbon cycling, in part because soil organic matter stores…

Scale at which Earth’s mantle composition varies

Geochemists suggest that Earth's upper mantle varies in composition over kilometer-sized pockets.

New computational method introduced for lighting in computer graphics

Computing lighting that looks real remains complex and inefficient, as the necessary consideration of all possible…

Radiologists detect injury patterns of intimate partner violence

Common clinical and radiologic patterns could alert radiologists of potential intimate partner violence, to spark a…

High levels of natural immune suppressor correlate with poor survival in the most common leukemia

Patients diagnosed with the most common form of leukemia who also have high levels of an…

Antimalarial drugs could support existing cancer treatments in two-pronged attack

Antimalarial drugs chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine could make tumour cells more sensitive to cancer treatment.