Of all the fungi that live in the human body, the most infamous is probably the yeast Candida.
When she was a student at Yale School of Medicine more than a decade ago, Dr. Mei Elansary ’12 conducted a project on the Indonesian island of Borneo.
Evolution has long been viewed as a rather random process
For decades, studies have shown that children able to resist temptation—opting to wait for two marshmallows later rather than take one now—tend to do better on measures of health and success later in life.
Children hold stereotypical views that ‘brilliance’ is a male trait, and this belief strengthens as they grow up to the age of twelve, researchers from Singapore and the United States have reported.
UC San Diego researcher warns that economic growth is not possible in the long-term
Black adolescents who lived in poverty and were less optimistic about the future showed accelerated aging in their immune cells and were more likely to have elevated insulin resistance at ages 25-29, researchers found.
NYU Langone Researchers Link the Chemicals to Cancer, Thyroid Disease, Childhood Obesity & Other Medical Conditions
Overdoses in rural and urban areas will spike, finds new study that gives geographic breakdown
Direct fossil fuel consumption by buildings, burned in water heaters, furnaces, and other heating sources, account for nearly 10 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States.
Reducing the sugar content of commercially prepared foods and beverages will have a larger impact on the health of Americans than other initiatives to cut sugar.
By 2080, around 70% of the world’s oceans could be suffocating from a lack of oxygen as a result of climate change
An international team of scientists including Rutgers researchers has found that modern rates of sea-level rise began emerging in 1863 as the Industrial Age intensified, coinciding with evidence for early ocean warming and glacier melt.
Leaded gasoline calculation to have stolen over 800 million cumulative IQ points since 1940s
Analyses based on locations and viral sequencing of early cases indicate the COVID-19 pandemic started in Wuhan's Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, with two separate jumps from animals to humans.
People could potentially live and work in lunar pits and caves with steady temperatures in the 60s
Triclosan is used in everything from cleaners to pesticides to toys; researchers say exposure early in life may lay groundwork for future development of fatty liver disease
New research highlights how the risk of wildfire is rising globally due to climate change – but also, how human actions and policies can play a critical role in regulating regional impacts.
Scientists have identified more than 1,500 genetic differences between migratory and non-migratory hoverflies.
Swans give up resting time to fight over the best feeding spots, new research shows.