New research shows that high levels of microplastics (MPs) are released from infant-feeding bottles (IFBs) during formula preparation. The research…
Drinking green tea and coffee daily linked to lower death risk in people with diabetes
Drinking plenty of both green tea and coffee is linked to a lower risk of dying from any cause among…
Steroid inhalers/pills for asthma linked to heightened risk of brittle bones and fractures
Taking steroid inhalers or tablets to treat asthma or control flare-ups is linked to a heightened risk of brittle bones…
Title: “Do You Know Who This Is?”
“Urosepsis” was the diagnosis for the small-framed gaunt man who lay motionless as a mummy in the white sheets. Mr.…
How initiatives empowering employees can backfire
Strategies meant to motivate people in the workplace may have unintended consequences — depending on who’s in charge. Recent research…
Light pollution may increase biting behavior at night in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes
Artificial light abnormally increases mosquito biting behavior at night in a species that typically prefers to bite people during the…
Trump’s Antibody ‘Cure’ Will Be in Short Supply
All the weak points of American health care — testing delays, communication breakdowns, inequity — are working against this potential treatment.
Repairing the photosynthetic enzyme Rubisco
Researchers have elucidated how Rubisco activase works. As the name indicates, this enzyme is critical for repairing Rubisco once it…
Hot-button words trigger conservatives and liberals differently
Researchers have linked a brain region to what they call neural polarization, offering a glimpse into the partisan brain in…
New anti-AB vaccine could help halt Alzheimer’s progression, preclinical study finds
A preclinical study by neuroscientists indicates that an antigen-presenting dendritic vaccine with a specific antibody response to oligomeric A-beta may…