Frisky female fruit flies become more aggressive towards each other after sex

Female fruit flies start headbutting each other after mating, becoming significantly more aggressive and intolerant, research…

Entropy landscape sheds light on quantum mystery

By precisely measuring the entropy of a supercooled cerium copper gold alloy with baffling electronic properties,…

Stem-cell transplants show limited benefit for double-hit lymphoma patients in remission

Patients with double hit lymphoma (DHL) who undergo autologous stem-cell transplantation (autoSCT) after achieving remission are…

Patient often prescribed potentially futile drugs in their final months of life

Older adults often receive drugs of questionable benefit during their last months of life, according to…

Parents support policies to limit teens’ access to indoor tanning

Almost two-thirds (65 percent) of parents of adolescents agreed with policies to ban indoor tanning for…

How satellite data led to a breakthrough for Lake Erie toxic algal blooms

With the growing frequency and magnitude of toxic freshwater algal blooms becoming an increasingly worrisome public…

Corticosteroid treatment increases survival of preterm infants within hours

The effects of corticosteroid treatments on pregnant women facing preterm delivery to prevent infant death and…

This fly’s incredible hearing is a curiosity to those developing better hearing aids

Ormia ochracea's sense of directional hearing is second to none in the animal kingdom. A biologist's…

Solving one of nature’s great puzzles: What drives the accelerating expansion of the universe?

Physicists may have solved one of nature's great puzzles: What causes the accelerating expansion of our…

Gut microbiome may predict response to biologic therapy for inflammatory bowel disease

Researchers have identified differences in the composition and the function of the gut microbiome between patients…