Two new papers provide the most comprehensive data yet reported on side effects of the emerging…
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Experimental Ebola vaccines elicit year-long immune response
Results from a large randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial in Liberia show that two candidate Ebola vaccines…
New clues on the historical origin of the vaccine used to eradicate smallpox
For centuries, researchers assumed that the active ingredient in the vaccine providing immunity against smallpox was…
Autism prevalence and socioeconomic status: What’s the connection?
Children living in neighborhoods where incomes are low and fewer adults have bachelor's degrees are less…
‘Killer’ toothaches likely cause misery for captive orca: Whales chew concrete and steel tank surfaces
An international research team has undertaken the first in-depth investigation of the teeth of captive orca…
Herbivores help protect ecosystems from climate change
Plant-eating critters are the key ingredient to helping ecosystems survive global warming, finds new research that…
Engineers identify key to albatross’ marathon flight
Engineers have developed a new model to simulate dynamic soaring, and have used it to identify…
Chemists use modified DNA nucleotides to create new materials
Chemists have demonstrate that they can repurpose DNA to create new substances with possible medical applications.
Map of the gut’s microbial landscape
Scientists have provided an early glimpse of how microbial communities in the gut -- known collectively…
Doubt cast on warming implications of brown carbon aerosol from wildfires
As devastating wildfires rage in California wine country, a team of environmental engineers have made a…