World-first synthetic receptor mimics how cells ‘talk’ to the world around them

Researchers have found a way to mimic the way cells in living organisms 'talk' to the…

Religious participation may serve to strengthen social bonds

By analyzing how peoples' religious practice correlates with their social support networks in two villages in…

World’s largest autism genome database shines new light on many ‘autisms’

An additional 18 gene variations have been identified that appear to increase the risk of autism.…

Two-thirds of Americans see docs who got paid by drug companies

A majority of Americans visited doctors in the past year who had been paid or given…

More funding for long-term studies necessary for best science, environmental policy

Environmental scientists and policymakers value long-term research to an extent that far outstrips the amount of…

Virtual reality training for ‘safety-critical’ jobs

New virtual reality training could help prevent accidents in 'safety-critical' industries like the NHS, aviation, the…

Breakthrough in live coral imaging

Interdisciplinarity scientists have used a well-known biomedical imaging technique called optical coherence tomography (OCT) to obtain…

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s — a key discovery about human memory

As Superman flies, people on the ground famously suppose they see a bird, then a plane,…

Shadow-loving insect named after Tuomas Holopainen of Nightwish

Tuomas Holopainen of the band Nightwish is a full-blooded nature person. This gave a conservation biologist…

Random process analysis could give a woman more information about which infertility treatment is best

It's been used to study automobile cruise control systems and population growth of certain animal species,…