Older adults who exercise regularly may lower chances for severe mobility problems

A team of researchers theorized that exercise might also help adults prevent or delay disabilities that…

Better scaffolds help scientists study cancer

Three-dimensional printed scaffolds with varying pore sizes help scientists see how bone cancer tumors are prone…

Breathing new life into ‘Great Oxidation Event’

Scientists are providing fresh insights into the 'Great Oxidation Event' (GOE), in which oxygen first appeared…

Why the ocean has absorbed more carbon over the past decade

With the ocean absorbing more carbon dioxide over the past decade, less of the greenhouse gas…

Naps may help preschoolers learn, study finds

Researchers studied verb learning in 3-year-olds, finding that those who napped after learning new verbs had…

Poor and less educated suffer the most from chronic pain

Poorer and less-educated older Americans are more like to suffer from chronic pain than those with…

First nuclear explosion helps test theory of moon’s formation

Radioactive glass found blanketing the ground after the first nuclear test bomb explosion is being used…

Snow leopard and Himalayan wolf diets are about one-quarter livestock

Around a quarter of Himalayan snow leopard and wolf diets are livestock, the rest being wild…

Splitfin flashlight fish uses bioluminescent light to illuminate plankton

The flashlight fish uses bioluminescent light to detect and feed on its planktonic prey, according to…

Scientists create organs-on-chips for large-scale drug screening

Modeling human organs on a small scale has been a major goal of researchers focused on…