Sepsis, a complex systemic response to infection leading to organ failure, is generally studied at the…
Examining the link between caste and under-five mortality in India
In India, children that belong to disadvantaged castes face a much higher likelihood of not living…
The meat allergy: Researcher IDs biological changes triggered by tick bites
Researchers have identified key immunological changes in people who abruptly develop an allergic reaction to mammalian…
African elephants demonstrate movements that vary in response to ecological change
Wild African elephants, known for their intelligence, show markedly different movements and reactions to the same…
Earth's future is being written in fast-melting Greenland
This is where Earth’s refrigerator door is left open, where glaciers dwindle and seas begin to…
The journey of pollen and the process of pollen dispersal
For allergy sufferers, the pollination period is a tough time, whereas for plants it is the…
Scientists find way to cut nanoparticle toxicity levels
Bioengineers and biophysicists from the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, the Sechenov First Moscow State Medical…
Thomas Pesquet on a new underwater lunar adventure
Over the next two weeks ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet, NASA astronaut Drew Feustel and Japanese astronaut…
Enabling longer space missions
The 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing has reignited interest in space travel. However,…
Meet the 'rock star' frog breeder vying to save Southern California's rarest amphibian
It was happy hour at the “Frog Shack,” a tiny building at the Los Angeles Zoo…