Cellular ‘garbage disposal’ has another job

A subset of protein complexes whose role has long been thought to consist only of chemically…

Democrats and Republicans draw different conclusions when seasons are too hot or too cold

When the weather is unseasonably hot or cold, Americans across the political spectrum have even stronger…

More transparency at FDA needed, researchers say

As the new administration considers the future direction of the Food and Drug Administration, a group…

Looming crisis of the much decreased fresh-water supply to Egypt’s Nile delta

A multi-year study of Egypt's Nile Delta places the country's major breadbasket at serious risk. The…

E-cigarettes a gateway to smoking? Not likely

Major national studies provide little evidence that e-cigarette users move to smoking cigarettes as a result,…

A multidrug efflux pump in motion

Researchers have mapped the conformational changes that occur in a protein 'notorious' for pumping chemotherapeutic drugs…

Looming threat of Asian tobacco companies to global health

There are already one billion tobacco smokers worldwide, and the number will likely rise further with…

Phage therapy shown to kill drug-resistant superbug

Phage therapy could offer a safe and effective alternative to antibiotics in the treatment of Cystic…

Diving with the sharks: How does it impact the animals?

Humans can interact with sharks without long-term behavioral impacts for the ocean's top predators, a new…

Red tides can be predicted, new study shows

For over a century scientists have been trying to understand what causes red tides to form…