New study evaluates efficacy of PET imaging to manage chronic liver diseases

While liver biopsies are powerful and reliable, they are also invasive, painful, limited and subject to…

Have asthma and a pet? Re-homing your cat or dog may not be necessary

A study analyzed environmental exposures, like pet and secondhand smoke, to determine if they have a…

Sky survey reveals first ‘orphan’ gamma ray burst

Object in distant galaxy most likely is a gamma ray burst whose beams of gamma rays…

Broad genetic variation on the Pontic-Caspian Steppe

The genetic variation within the Scythian nomad group is so broad that it must be explained…

Boosting the efficiency of silicon solar cells

A solar cell's efficiency indicates what percentage of the solar energy radiated into the cell is…

Large-scale US wind power would cause warming that would take roughly a century to offset

Extracting energy from the wind causes climatic impacts that are small compared to current projections of…

The homing instinct of relocated snakes

A new study on the effects of relocating adders due to development has found that males…

Viruses influenced gene sharing between Neanderthals and humans

Human evolution used to be depicted as a straight line, gradually progressing from an ape-like ancestor…

Synthetic DNA-encoded checkpoint inhibitor antibodies advance cancer immunotherapy

Scientists demonstrate for the first time that through engineering constructs, they can express DNA-encoded monoclonal antibodies…

Gram-negative bacteria increase mortality, vasopressor use and ICU admission

Alterations to the respiratory microbiome have been identified as a predisposing factor of interstitial lung diseases…