Scientists have found that a key modern group of reptiles that includes lizards and snakes – known as squamates – diverged in the Jurassic period, 50 million years earlier than previously thought.
A new study has revealed the most intense heatwaves ever across the world – and remarkably some of these went almost unnoticed decades ago.
Like humans, wild animals often return to the same places to eat, walk on the same paths to travel and use the same places to raise their young
Scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Caltech have developed a benchmarking protocol that can be used to determine the accuracy of quantum analog simulators by analyzing their random fluctuations, according to a news release.
Study findings suggest that a vaccine could be used to prevent or treat a particularly aggressive form of breast cancer.
Among people with HSV-1 genital infections, shedding of the virus declined rapidly during the first year.
Omnipose is trained to recognize bacteria of all shapes and sizes in mixed bacterial cultures.
Computers can competently parse snippets of typed conversation for warning signs of serious mental illness, psychiatry researchers find.
A small pilot study suggests that the technology meets the demand for a clinician to witness a patient’s daily dose.
A study recently published in Harm Reduction Journal examined a Seattle-based organization’s efforts to introduce heroin pipes as a means to diminish harms associated with injection drug use.
Understanding antibody responses will be key to offset coronavirus variants' evasion of earlier immunity.
We human beings need plants for our survival. Everything we eat consists of plants or animals that depend on plants somewhere along the food chain. Plants also form the backbone of natural ecosystems, and they absorb about 30 percent of all the carbon dioxide emitted by humans each year. But as the impacts of climate change worsen, how are higher levels of CO2 in the atmosphere and warmer temperatures affecting the plant world?
A new computational tool empowers decision-makers to target interventions.
Vaccine hesitancy may be more attributed to partisan media exposure and an individual’s pre-existing attitudes, rather than a lack of information about vaccine effectiveness, according to a Washington State University study.
If women want to lean in to work, they may first want to lie down for a good night’s rest.
Mobility-related data show the pandemic has had a lasting effect, limiting the breadth of places people visit in cities.
When it comes to evaluating the cumulative savings of discounts over time, people often choose the least financially beneficial option and miss out on potential savings, according to research from the WSU Carson College of Business and the University of Kentucky’s Gatton College of Business and Economics.
Horizontal gene transfer is the movement of genetic material by means other than the transmission of DNA from parent to offspring. It can occur in both single and multicelled organisms, but has been most closely studied in bacteria, where there are three known ways that it can occur, transformation, conjugation and transduction.
Building on a survey which revealed important effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on older New Yorkers, ICAP at Columbia University will conduct a second round of interviews among the participants to learn more about the impact of this crisis on their ongoing health and wellbeing.
Many travelers say they would prefer to stay at eco-friendly hotels, but lodging facilities don’t benefit financially from acquiring certification for green business practices, new research shows.