Cause of Atlantic coastline’s sea level rise hot spots now revealed

Seas rose in the southeastern US between 2011 and 2015 by more than six times the…

Scientists unearth cell ‘checkpoint’ that stops allergic diseases

Scientists have made a significant breakthrough in understanding the regulation of immune cells that play a…

Effects of increased inflammatory markers during pregnancy

Researchers have shown that increased levels of inflammatory markers during pregnancy can lead to changes in…

Researchers look to improve detection of skin cancer lacking pigment melanin

Key features linked to amelanotic melanoma, a form of skin cancer that lacks the brown or…

When you’re blue, so are your Instagram photos

Instagram photos can be examined by a computer to successfully detect depressed people, new research shows.…

Replacing some old pipes can still result in lead-contaminated water

Lead in drinking water is a decades-old problem and still poses serious public health risks today.…

Eradicating exotic pests with ‘infertility genes’ may be possible

It may be possible to eradicate populations of invasive pest animals through the inheritance of a…

One step closer in explaining MS relapse during upper respiratory infection

For most of us, the flu is just the flu. We suffer through it for several…

Heartbeats could hold the key to understanding babies’ inner world

A novel new experiment to test how aware babies are of their bodies’ internal signals has…

Novel poxvirus threatens juvenile squirrels

A previously unknown poxvirus causes severe disease in European red squirrels from Germany. Molecular genetic investigations…