New England’s 1816 ‘Mackerel Year’ and climate change today

Aquatic ecologists, climate scientists and environmental historians in New England recount their many-layered, multidisciplinary investigation into…

Time to put TB on a diet

The tuberculosis bacillus is growing resistant to antibiotics. For this reason, biochemists are attempting to identify…

Sea-surface temps during last interglacial period like modern temps

Sea-surface temperatures during the last interglaciation period were like those of today, a new study reports.…

Jumbled chromosomes may dampen the immune response to tumors

How well a tumor responds to immunotherapy may depend in part on whether its chromosomes are…

Moth gut bacterium defends its host by making antibiotic

Nearly half of all insects are herbivores, but their diets do not consist of only plant…

Bodywide immune response important for fighting cancer, researchers say

Effective anti-tumor activity requires a systemic, rather than only a local, immune response at the tumor…

Scientists aim to create the world’s largest sickle cell disease stem cell library

Scientists are creating an induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-based research library that opens the door to…

HPV prevalence rates among US men, vaccination coverage

Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the United States, as…

Computer-based cognitive training program may help patients with severe tinnitus

Researchers evaluated the effect of a cognitive training program on tinnitus, and report positive results.

In Alzheimer’s, excess tau protein damages brain’s GPS

Researchers have linked excess tau protein in the brain to the spatial disorientation that leads to…