Early postpartum opioids linked with persistent usage

Researchers have published findings indicating that regardless of whether a woman delivers a child by cesarean…

New discovery pushes origin of feathers back by 70 million years

An international team of palaeontologists has discovered that the flying reptiles, pterosaurs, actually had four kinds…

Gently stroking babies before medical procedures may reduce pain processing

Researchers found that gently stroking a baby seems to reduce activity in the infant brain associated…

India’s right to information act provides lessons on government transparency

Journalists are often assumed to be the biggest utilizers of freedom-of-information legislation, but new research found…

Paradigm shift needed for designing tsunami-resistant bridges

Researchers argue in a new study that a paradigm shift is needed for assessing bridges' tsunami…

Baboon sexes differ in how social status gets ‘under the skin’

A growing body of evidence shows that those at the bottom of the socioeconomic ladder are…

Sphinx molecule to rescue African farmers from witchweed

An interdisciplinary team has discovered a highly potent and selective molecule, SPL7, that can lead seeds…

Discovered: The most-distant solar system object ever observed

A team of astronomers has discovered the most-distant body ever observed in our solar system. It…

Researchers observe charge-stripe crystal phase in an insulating cuprate

Heating the surface of a cuprate high-temperature superconductor allowed a team of researchers to modify the…

Communication between neural networks

Researchers are proposing a new model to explain how neural networks in different brain areas communicate…