Deaths of despair: The opioid epidemic is just part of the problem

Opioid-related deaths contributed to more than 60,000 U.S. lives lost in 2016 but absolute declines in…

Hawai’i land impacted by sea level rise may be double previous estimates

By including models of dynamical physical processes such as erosion and wave run-up, a team of…

Breakthrough in the hunt for a vaccine against foal pneumonia

A vaccine against deadly foal pneumonia might finally be within reach, thanks to new research. The…

Polymer coating cools down buildings

Engineers have invented a high-performance exterior PDRC polymer coating with nano-to-microscale air voids that acts as…

When neglected children become adolescents

Many migrant children separated from their parents at the U.S. border, some of them very young,…

Vampire bats found to carry infectious bacteria at high rates

A study found Bartonella infections in vampire bats are highly prevalent in Peru and Belize, and…

Device that integrates solar cell and battery could store electricity outside the grid

Scientists have harnessed the abilities of both a solar cell and a battery in one device…

Feeding ants dopamine might make them smarter foragers

In an ant colony, few tasks are as important as gathering food. But the desert heat…

New bird flu viruses in ducks after vaccines largely prevented H7N9 in chickens

In response to bird flu pandemics starting in 2013, officials in China introduced a new vaccine…

Ancient past of a body plan code probed

Researchers have opened a window on another piece of evolutionary biology. They have found that Hox…