Unique Mexican black and pinto bean varieties are high in healthy compounds

Common beans are important food sources with high nutritional content. Bean seeds also contain phenolic compounds,…

A wearable ultrasound scanner could detect breast cancer earlier

In hopes of improving the survival rate for breast cancer patients, researchers designed a wearable ultrasound…

Billions in conservation spending fail to improve wild fish stocks in Columbia Basin

Four decades of conservation spending totaling more than $9 billion in inflation-adjusted tax dollars has failed…

Astronomers shed new light on formation of mysterious fast radio bursts

International team reports on a radio pulsar phase of a Galactic magnetar that emitted a fast…

Unlocking a mystery of fetal development

A new study of cadmium in pregnant women yields crucial insights into the placenta’s role in…

Scientists discover secret of virgin birth, and switch on the ability in female flies

Scientists have pinpointed a genetic cause for virgin birth for the first time, and once switched…

What nap times reveal about your child's brain development

Infants who nap a lot have smaller vocabularies and poorer cognitive skills — according to new…

'Time-traveling' pathogens in melting permafrost pose likely risk to environment

Ancient pathogens that escape from melting permafrost have real potential to damage microbial communities and might…

Storing fat at the waist may NOT up diabetes risk, surprise findings indicate

Conventional wisdom holds that storing fat around your belly puts you at increased risk for type…

Scientists caught Hofstadter's butterfly in one of the most ancient materials on Earth

Researchers have revisited one of the most ancient materials on Earth — graphite, and discovered new…