Dinosaur-killing asteroid triggered global tsunami that scoured seafloor thousands of miles from impact site

The miles-wide asteroid that struck Earth 66 million years ago wiped out nearly all the dinosaurs…

The cell sentinel that neutralizes hepatitis B

The hepatitis B virus (HBV) is responsible for one of the most serious and common infectious…

Mechanism used by metastatic cancer cells to infiltrate the liver found

Metastasis — when cancer spreads to form new tumors — causes approximately 90% of cancer-related deaths.…

Children and young adults with Down Syndrome four times more likely to have diabetes

Children and young adults with Down Syndrome are four times more likely to be diagnosed with…

Retiring increases amount of sleep and decreases physical activity

Researchers used accelerometers to study how the 24-hour movement behaviors, i.e. sleep, sedentary behavior, light physical…

Disruption of MTSS2 function causes a new syndromic intellectual disability

A study provides experimental evidence of an association between a variant in MTSS2 gene and a…

Stretchy, bio-inspired synaptic transistor can enhance, weaken device memories

Robotics and wearable devices might soon get a little smarter with the addition of a stretchy,…

Biologists identify broad coral disease resistance traits

A new study provides a novel framework for identifying broad coral disease resistance traits and examines…

Dynamics in one-dimensional spin chains newly elucidated

Neutron scattering is considered the method of choice for investigating magnetic structures and excitations in quantum…

Researchers discover 50 novel Parkinson's disease candidate genes using an innovative integrated functional genomics approach

A study has used a multidisciplinary high-throughput functional genomics approach to identify and functionally validate dozens…