The bizarre optical properties of tiny metal particles -- smaller than light waves -- can be…
Omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids may play opposite roles in childhood asthma
Dietary intake of two fatty acids, omega-3 and omega-6, may have opposite effects on the severity…
Pain, pain go away: New tools improve students’ experience of school-based vaccines
Researchers have teamed up with educators, public health practitioners and grade seven students in Ontario to…
Smoking and pre-eclampsia may cause fertility problems for offspring
Low levels of oxygen in the womb -- which can be caused by smoking or conditions…
A new model to trial preventative treatments for schizophrenia
Neuroscientists have developed a new animal model of schizophrenia that will enable researchers around the world…
Fluorescence discovered in tiny Brazilian frogs
An international team of researchers was studying the acoustic communications of certain miniature frogs. When they…
Movement toward a stool test for liver cirrhosis
In a study of people with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and their twins and other close…
Scientists trial drones to protect coffee plants from devastating fungal disease
Researchers are trialling the use of drones to monitor coffee plant health in Thailand in a…
Why pay transparency alone won’t eliminate the persistent wage gap between men and women
No matter how you slice the data, women in the U.S. earn a lot less than…
Researcher studies new camera-in-a-capsule method of examining a horse’s gut
Horses are notorious for belly ailments. Over the course of a lifetime, chances are good a…