Cassini beams back first images from new orbit

NASA's Cassini spacecraft has sent to Earth its first views of Saturn's atmosphere since beginning the…

High-resolution brain scans could improve concussion detection

High-resolution brain scans, coupled with computational analysis, could play a critical role in helping to detect…

Common insecticides are riskier than thought to predatory insects

Neonicotinoids -- the most widely used class of insecticides -- significantly reduce populations of predatory insects…

Disruption of the body’s internal clock causes disruption of metabolic processes

Chronobiologists have shown that the body's carbon monoxide metabolism is closely linked to the body's circadian…

Diabetes drug slows experimental Parkinson’s disease progression, human trials to begin next year

A new investigational drug originally developed for type 2 diabetes is being readied for human clinical…

Chemical mosquito controls ineffective in Zika fight

Some existing methods for controlling Zika-carrying mosquitoes are not effective and may even be counter-productive, according…

Fishy Caribbean ‘juveniles’ to be recognized as a new species, the Hourglass basslet

Living in deep reefs in the Atlantic Ocean, the banded basslet has long been thought to…

New discovery may lead to the development of super premium gasoline

In contradicting a theory that's been the standard for over eighty years, researchers have made a…

3-D structure of cell’s inflammation sensor, its inhibitors revealed

Researchers have now determined the 3-D structure of CCR2 simultaneously bound to two inhibitors. Understanding how…

New approach may open up speech recognition to more languages

Researchers have developed a new approach to training speech-recognition systems that doesn't depend on transcription. Instead,…