New research questions fish stocking obligations

Fish stocking as a fisheries compensation method in hydropower operations no longer meets latest legal and…

New information about infant brain structure

Infant brain development is still poorly understood. Thus, research on the topic is vital as developing…

Light triggers gold in unexpected way

Researchers have discovered a fundamentally different form of light-matter interaction in their experiments with gold nanoparticles.…

Why patients lie to their doctors

Up to 80 percent of those surveyed have lied to their doctor about information that could…

A new way to see stress — using supercomputers

Supercomputer simulations show that at the atomic level, material stress doesn't behave symmetrically. Widely-used atomic stress…

Towards a treatment for gluten intolerance

Celiac disease is a severe autoimmune disorder of the intestine. It occurs when people develop sensitivity…

The physics of extracting gas from shale formations

Scientists have distilled the current state of knowledge regarding the multi-scale flow processes occurring during shale…

Mars new home ‘a large sandbox’

With InSight safely on the surface of Mars, the mission team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory…

Altered microbiome after caesarean section impacts baby’s immune system

Scientists have observed that, during a natural vaginal birth, specific bacteria from the mother's gut are…

Immune checkpoints could be key to treating autoimmune disease myasthenia gravis

The PD-1 immune checkpoint is essential for self-recognition by the immune system, with disruption of the…