Which came first: viruses or bacteria?
Scientists estimate that the earliest biological entities began to appear on Earth more than 4 billion years ago."There was a sort of primordial...
Study shows that Rett syndrome in females is not just less severe, but different
A new UC Davis MIND Institute study offers critical insights into Rett syndrome, a rare genetic condition that affects mostly girls. The research...
Big data, real world, multi-state study finds RSV vaccine highly effective in protecting older...
A multi-state study, published in The Lancet, is one of the first real world data analyses of the effectiveness of the RSV --...
Manliness concerns impede forgiveness of coworkers
To forgive is to move on and set a foundation for a brighter future. In the workplace, forgiveness makes for healthier and more...
Healthy diet may help keep low grade prostate cancer from progressing to more dangerous...
In a peer-reviewed study believed to be the first of its kind published, a research team led by Johns Hopkins Medicine provides scientific...
Researchers unlock the ‘silicate magic’ for safer, cheaper, and more efficient batteries
The world is rapidly transitioning to renewable power, but there are shortcomings. Solar power falls at night, and wind power recedes and ascends...
Increased autism risk linked to Y chromosome, study finds
Increased risk for autism appears to be linked to the Y chromosome, a Geisinger study found, offering a new explanation for the greater...
New benchmark helps solve the hardest quantum problems
Predicting the behavior of many interacting quantum particles is a complicated process but is key to harness quantum computing for real-world applications. A...
Key protein for the biosynthesis of defense steroids in solanaceous plants discovered
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology have identified GAME15 as a key protein that regulates the biosynthesis of both steroidal...
Global carbon dioxide emissions from forest fires increase by 60 percent
A major new study reveals that carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from forest fires have surged by 60% globally since 2001, and almost tripled...