The environmental injustice of beauty

A commentary calls for policies to protect women, especially minority women, from exposure to toxic chemicals…

Drug-delivering micromotors treat their first bacterial infection in the stomach

Nanoengineers have demonstrated, for the first time, using micromotors to treat a bacterial infection in the…

Depression overshadows the past as well as the present

Depressed people have a peculiar view of the past: rather than glorifying the 'good old days,'…

Genetic variants found to play key role in human immune system

It is widely recognized that people respond differently to infections. This can partially be explained by…

What does music mean? Sign language may offer an answer, new research concludes

How do we detect the meaning of music? We may gain some insights by looking at…

Cassini says goodbye to a true Titan

Mere weeks away from its dramatic, mission-ending plunge into Saturn, NASA's Cassini spacecraft has a hectic…

Which research results in mice will help humans with MS? Now there’s a way to tell

Researchers have developed and successfully tested a method for determining how relevant to the human disease…

The key to drought-tolerant crops may be in the leaves

Scientists are exploring how to generate plants that are more drought-resistant as the water supplies decline…

Evidence does not support the use of gabapentinoids for chronic low back pain

Existing evidence on the use of gabapentinoids in chronic low back pain (CLBP) is limited, and…

Seven complete specimens of new flower, all 100 million years old

A Triceratops or Tyrannosaurus rex bulling its way through a pine forest likely dislodged flowers that…