Zika virus can cause immune and brain abnormalities in asymptomatic pig offspring

Zika virus infection in the womb produces altered immune responses and sex-specific brain abnormalities in apparently…

Researchers generate terahertz laser with laughing gas

Researchers have built a compact device, the size of a shoebox, that produces a terahertz laser…

Some aquatic plants depend on the landscape for photosynthesis

Researchers found that not only are freshwater aquatic plants affected by climate, they are also shaped…

Scientists design built-in controls for mini-chemical labs on a chip

In a miniaturized laboratory, microfluidic systems can conduct chemical experiments on a chip through a series…

NASA OIG: NASA’s Management of Crew Transportation to the International Space Station

NASA OIG: NASA’s Management of Crew Transportation to the International Space Station Click here…

Newly developed nanoparticles help fight lung cancer in animal model

Scientists have reported a new approach to treating lung cancer with inhaled nanoparticles. Click…

DNA data offers scientific look at 500 years of extramarital sex in Western Europe

Researchers have put DNA evidence together with long-term genealogical data to explore questions of biological fatherhood…

Ocean studies look at microscopic diversity and activity across entire planet

Two new articles use samples and data collected during the Tara Oceans Expedition to analyze current…

There are variations in plankton biodiversity and activity from the equator to the poles

New results between 2009 and 2013 show that the diversity and functions of planktonic species in…

Butterflies take different paths to arrive at same color pattern

An international team of scientists working with Heliconius butterflies in Panama was faced with a mystery:…