How flu viruses hijack human cells

Much is known about flu viruses, but little is understood about how they reproduce inside human…

How One Drug Could Affect Pain, Memory and Nicotine Addiction

Researchers are working to develop drugs to enhance the function of these receptors in the brain,…

Group rituals can make us biased against outsiders

From our greetings to our celebrations to how we take our coffee, everyday life is full…

New theory on how Earth’s crust was created

Conventional theory holds that all of the early Earth's crustal ingredients were formed by volcanic activity.…

Physicists demonstrate photonic hypercrystals for control of light-matter interaction

Control of light-matter interaction is central to fundamental phenomena and technologies such as photosynthesis, lasers, LEDs…

Gene controls birth defect common in diabetes

Researchers have identified a gene that plays a key role in the formation of neural tube…

New butterfly species discovered in Israel for the first time in 109 years

Little does a scientist expect to discover a new species of easy-to-see and well-studied animal, especially…

Vitamin A deficiency is detrimental to blood stem cells

Lack of vitamin A in the body has a detrimental effect on the hematopoietic system in…

Scientists find genetic mutation responsible for rare skin disease in Afrikaners

Researchers at the Sydney Brenner Institute for Molecular Bioscience and the Division of Human Genetics at…

Growth of East Antarctic Ice Sheet was less than previously suggested

Scientists have known for over a decade that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet has been losing…