Low serum calcium may increase risk of sudden cardiac arrest

In a new study, researchers found that individuals with lower levels of calcium in the blood,…

Molecule created that could ‘kick and kill’ HIV

Researchers have been looking for ways to eliminate the 'reservoirs' where the virus hides, and researchers…

Cost-effectiveness of guinea worm disease eradication

Eradication of guinea worm disease (dracunculiaisis), targeted by the World Health Organization (WHO) for the year…

Simulating a brain-cooling treatment that could one day ease epilepsy

Using computer simulation techniques, scientists have gained new insights into the mechanism by which lowering the…

3-D quantum gas atomic clock offers new dimensions in measurement

Physicists have created an entirely new design for an atomic clock, in which strontium atoms are…

Carbon feedback from forest soils to accelerate global warming

After 26 years, the world's longest-running experiment to discover how warming temperatures affect forest soils has…

Decision to rescind Waters of the United States rule (WOTUS) based on flawed analysis

New evidence suggests that the Trump Administration's proposal to rescind the 2015 Waters of the United…

What Earth’s climate system and topological insulators have in common

New research shows that equatorial waves -- pulses of warm ocean water that play a role…

First cell-type census of mouse brains: Surprises about structure, male-female differences

Neuroscientists have mobilized advanced imaging and computational methods to comprehensively map -- 'count' -- the total…

Prehistoric humans are likely to have formed mating networks to avoid inbreeding

Early humans seem to have recognized the dangers of inbreeding at least 34,000 years ago, and…