Potent new compound has breakthrough potential for parasitic sleeping sickness and Chagas treatment

Scientists have discovered a new class of compound that is potentially active against trypanosome parasites that…

Exciting insights into the sexual development of an extinct marine reptile

Fossil skeletons have long fascinated researchers as a window to prehistory. But so far, little is…

Study finds apple pollination in Australia reliant on introduced species

Australian allodapines and European honey bees are distant relatives that converge to pollinate apple (Central Asian…

Rising monkey and pig populations pose human disease risk

Exploding populations of wild pigs and macaque monkeys in Southeast Asia are threatening native forests and…

Scientists designed new enzyme using Antarctic bacteria and computer calculations

For the first time, researchers have succeeded in predicting how to change the optimum temperature of…

Scientists develop photonic radar system that can remotely and accurately monitor breathing

Constant monitoring of vital health signs is needed in a variety of clinical environments such as…

A divergent strategy enables molecular diversity: Synthesis of nine complex natural compounds

A research group led by chemist Thomas Magauer has accomplished a divergent strategy to synthesize nine…

Smarter men are putting off having children until later in life but are still having more children, say economists

A pair of economists at the Ragnar Frisch Center for Economic Research in Norway has found…

Discovering features of band topology in amorphous thin films

In recent years, scientists have been studying special materials called topological materials, with special attention paid…

How biocrust influences bacterial communities in both biocrust and subsoil layers

Biocrusts, known as the “desert skin,” includes communities of cyanobacteria, algae, fungi, bacteria, lichen, and mosses.…