Cancerous tumors that aren’t candidates for surgery or chemotherapy sometimes respond well to alternatives like immunotherapy, but even cutting-edge cancer treatments that harness the immune system have their limits.
Developed by University of Wisconsin–Madison engineers, a lightweight, ultra-shock-absorbing foam could vastly improve helmets designed to protect people from strong blows.
Bacteria do not colonize babies until the moment of birth, but the mother’s microbiome can still influence fetuses in key ways, say McMaster researchers Kate Kennedy and Deb Sloboda.
Scientists who study the origins and evolution of the plague have examined hundreds of ancient human teeth from Denmark, seeking to address longstanding questions about its arrival, persistence and spread within Scandinavia.
Adults over 50 living with obesity were more likely to experience stressors during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, despite being less likely to perceive the pandemic’s consequences as negative, says a McMaster University-led study.
Changing the tune of hospital medical devices could improve public health, according to researchers at McMaster University and Vanderbilt University.
A team led by McMaster University researchers Gilmar Reis and Edward Mills has discovered that a single injection of pegylated interferon lambda (lambda) can successfully treat COVID-19 in people early in the disease.
A new study shows that carefully placed no-fishing zones can provide benefits for both fishermen and fish populations.
David O’Connor believes poop can tell you a lot about yourself and those around you — and there’s science to back him up.
Exposure to a greater number of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) may accelerate biological aging in older adults, a McMaster University study has found.
The sport of orienteering, which draws on athleticism, navigational skills and memory, could be useful as an intervention or preventive measure to fight cognitive decline related to dementia, according to new research from McMaster University.
Seeking to better understand more about the origins and movement of bubonic plague in ancient and contemporary times, researchers at McMaster University, the University of Sydney and the University of Melbourne have completed a painstaking granular examination of hundreds of modern and ancient genome sequences, creating the largest analysis of its kind.
Fossil radiocarbon measurements show effect on CO2 uptake, carbon storage and climate
A trove of fossils in China, unearthed in rock dating back some 436 million years, have revealed for the first time that the mysterious galeaspids, a jawless freshwater fish, possessed paired fins.
Bacteria produce antifungal compound protecting the eggs, larvae, and pupae from infections / Bacterial community is retained even during molting stages.
Can a complex nonlinear world arise from a single universal wave function? This is the question asked by mathematician George F. Ellis, and his answer is "no."
Innovations that make the food supply chain more “responsible” – eco-friendly, good for public health, fairer to farmers – will come faster if the contexts that set the stage for them are better understood, according to a new Université de Montréal study.
New research has highlighted the importance of a species of jellyfish-like creatures called salps, which feed on microscopic plants called phytoplankton in the ocean. The ocean plays a crucial role in absorbing large quantities of carbon dioxide in a process called carbon export, which is essential to combatting climate change, according to a news release.
It seems logical enough: even in their earliest history, humans must have needed something to carry their babies around in as they moved from place to place.
Within the cabinets and drawers of the world’s herbaria are nearly 400 million dried plant specimens.