Chewing gum may be effective for delivering vitamins

Nearly 15 percent of all chewing gum varieties sold promise to provide health-enhancing supplements to users,…

Understanding catalysts at the atomic level can provide a cleaner environment

By studying materials down to the atomic level, researchers have found a way to make catalysts…

Muscular men prefer an unequal society

For men, physical strength and political attitudes are linked. This is not the case for women.…

Icy moon of Jupiter, Ganymede, shows evidence of past strike-slip faulting

A recently published study reveals Ganymede, an icy moon of Jupiter, appears to have undergone complex…

New appropriate use criteria for lumbar puncture in Alzheimer’s diagnosis

In preparation for more tools that detect and measure the biology associated with Alzheimer's and other…

A break from the buzz: Bees go silent during total solar eclipse

In an unprecedented study of a solar eclipse's influence on bee behavior, researchers organized citizen scientists…

Reconstructing human history with the help of fecal sterols

The story of human presence on Earth can be told by studying the sediment and soil…

A genome under influence

Researchers recently discovered that 95 percent of our genome seems to be affected by selection and…

Engineers develop process to 3-D print cells to produce human tissue such as ligaments and tendons

Scientists have developed a method to 3-D print cells to produce human tissue such as ligaments…

Study firms up diet and depression link

In an unusual experiment, researchers have found that among Torres Strait Islander people the amount of…