Cervical microbiome may promote high-grade precancerous lesions

Infections with a Human Papillomavirus (HPV) cause 99 percent of cervical cancer cases, and the disease's…

Solar tadpole-like jets seen with NASA’S IRIS add new clue to age-old mystery

Scientists have discovered tadpole-shaped jets coming out of the Sun that may help explain why the…

Carbon taxes could create new winners and losers among countries, research says

A global carbon tax would create new sets of economic winners and losers, with some countries…

Prenatal forest fire exposure stunts children’s growth

Forest fires are more harmful than previously imagined, causing stunted growth in children who were exposed…

Engineers can detect ultra rare proteins in blood using a cellphone camera

Commercial approaches to ultrasensitive protein detection are starting to become available, but they are based on…

New machine learning technique rapidly analyzes nanomedicines for cancer immunotherapy

With their ability to treat a wide a variety of diseases, spherical nucleic acids (SNAs) are…

In the blink of an eye: Team uses quantum of light to create new quantum simulator

Imagine being stuck inside a maze and wanting to find your way out. How would you…

Brain’s primitive sensory region also participates in sophisticated learning

Neuroscientists have revealed that a simple brain region, known for processing basic sensory information, can also…

Pottery reveals America’s first social media networks

Long before Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook and even MySpace, early Mississippian Mound cultures in America's southern Appalachian…

New therapeutic approach to treating osteoarthritis

Researchers have developed a new way to deliver treatment for cartilage regeneration.