Discovery of a fundamental law of friction leads to new materials that can minimize energy loss

Chemists and engineers have discovered a fundamental friction law that is leading to a deeper understanding…

Obesity drug helps teens lose weight, study finds

A drug called semaglutide, which is approved for adults with obesity or overweight, also helps adolescents…

Nose swabs may distinguish babies with RSV needing longer intensive care

When a child with RSV requires intensive care, parents often ask about how long it will…

Waikiki Beach studies reveal complex drivers of changing shoreline

The Royal Hawaiian Beach in Waikiki is a popular beach at the center of Hawai’i’s tourism…

Breast cancer survivorship doubles

A study shows there are 2.5 times as many breast cancer survivors in Canada today as…

Perturbing the Bernoulli shift map in binary systems

The Bernoulli shift map is a well-known chaotic map in chaos theory. For a binary system,…

Defect in cellular respiration renders sac fungi infertile

The formation of fruiting bodies for sexual reproduction is a central developmental process in fungi. Even…

Senescent cells as vaccines against cancer

Cancer cells have a series of features that allow the immune system to identify and attack…

Invasive plant species are increasing exponentially, but no one knows how many invasive plant species there are

Invasive plants can have devastating effects on local ecologies, comparable to the effects wrought by global…

Insight into immune mechanisms of inflammatory disease

Innate lymphoid cells are a recently discovered family of white blood cells that reside in the…