What happens when sand fleas burrow in your skin?

Tungiasis, a tropical disease associated with poverty, is caused by the penetration of female sand fleas…

Putting female mosquitoes on human diet drugs could reduce spread of disease

Researchers report that they have identified drugs that can reduce mosquito hunger for blood. Because movement…

Why Asian horses don’t get sick with the flu

Avian influenza viruses infect horses in Mongolia but do not cause large outbreaks of disease because…

Charting a path to cheaper flexible solar cells

Researchers have reported new findings about perovskite solar cells that could lead the way to devices…

How do metastatic tumor cells grow in lymph nodes?

Scientists revealed a mechanism to suppress the growth and spread of cancer cells in lymph nodes,…

New pill can deliver insulin through the stomach

A research team has developed a drug capsule that could be used to deliver oral doses…

New target for chronic pain: Shape of structure that nerve cells use to sense cold

People are great at detecting cold temperatures and the cool sensation induced by natural substances like…

How the immune system ‘thinks’

New research has demonstrated that immune cells make brain chemicals to fight off infections.

Butterflies are genetically wired to choose a mate that looks just like them

Male butterflies have genes which give them a sexual preference for a partner with a similar…

Engineered DNA vaccine protects against emerging Mayaro virus infection

A novel, synthetic DNA vaccine induces protective immunity against Mayaro virus (MAYV), a mosquito-borne infection endemic…