How alcohol consumption contributes to chronic pain

A team showed how both alcohol intake and alcohol withdrawal can lead to increased pain and…

Too much insulin can be as dangerous as too little

Researchers describe a key player in the defense mechanism that safeguards against excessive insulin in the…

Colorado's spicy ancient history of chili peppers

Recently identified chili pepper fossils from Boulder and Denver museums challenge millions of years of global…

360-million-year-old Irish fossil provides oldest evidence of plant self-defense in wood

Scientists have discovered the oldest evidence of plant self-defense in wood in a 360-million-year-old fossil from…

Study shows most children recover from Lyme disease within six months of treatment

A majority of parents of children diagnosed with Lyme disease reported that their kids recovered within…

Neuroptera: Greater insect diversity in the Cretaceous period

An LMU team has studied the biodiversity of larvae from the insect order neuroptera over the…

Researchers publish ground breaking clinical trial in lung transplantation

Storing donor lungs for transplant at 10 degrees Celsius markedly increases the length of time the…

Whales stop by Gold Coast bay for day spa fix with full body scrubs

A new Griffith University study has found that humpback whales will use sandy, shallow bay areas…

Newly sequenced hornet genomes could help explain invasion success

The genomes of two hornet species, the European hornet and the Asian hornet (or yellow-legged hornet)…

Arctic ice algae heavily contaminated with microplastics

The alga Melosira arctica, which grows under Arctic sea ice, contains ten times as many microplastic…