Ants build sinking Eiffel Towers when trying to escape

Fire ants use their bodies to construct Eiffel Tower-looking structures when they run into a tall…

Breakthrough tool predicts properties of theoretical materials

Data on approximately 60,000 unique materials from the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Inorganic Crystal…

Hospital management practices may put women at risk for C-sections during childbirth

The way certain hospital labor and delivery units are managed may put healthy women at greater…

Key immunological mechanism for regulating intestinal flora discovered

Researchers have shown for the first time that immunoglobulin M, secreted by the human intestine, plays…

Risk-reducing mastectomy questioned for BRCA mutation carriers with prior ovarian cancer

For the subset of women with BRCA mutations who have already had ovarian cancer, risk-reducing mastectomy…

Preclinical results support entinostat’s role in targeting the tumor microenvironment

A preclinical report demonstrates that entinostat, Syndax's oral, Class-I histone deacetylase inhibitor, enhances the antitumor effect…

Study sheds light on regulation of hair growth across the entire body

To paraphrase the classic poem, no hair is an island entire of itself. Instead, scientists have…

High burden of traumatic brain injuries in the EU and China

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a serious public health threat contributing to mortality and morbidity around…

News laser design offers more inexpensive multi-color output

A more cost-effective laser design has been created that outputs multi-color lasing and offers a step…

Master molecule behind corneal inflammation identified

An enzyme present in the cornea that becomes dramatically upregulated and triggers inflammation during and even…