COVID-19 fattens up our body’s cells to fuel its viral takeover
The virus that causes COVID-19 undertakes a massive takeover of the body’s fat-processing system, creating cellular storehouses of fat that empower the virus...
Car travel’s next frontier? – Air Quality Matters
Developers, engineers and entrepreneurs alike are fixing their sites on the skies as the next great space in which to operate cars. This,...
Some viruses make you smell tastier to mosquitoes
Zika and dengue fever viruses alter the scent of mice and humans they infect, researchers report in the 30 June issue of Cell. The...
Babies born to Black mothers in rich countries twice as likely to die in...
Babies born to Black mothers in richer countries are more likely to be stillborn or die in the first four weeks of life...
As newspapers close, struggling communities are hit hardest by decline in local journalism
The United States continues to lose newspapers at a rate of two per week, further dividing the nation into wealthier, faster growing communities...
500-million-year-old fossilized brains of stanleycaris prompt a rethink of the evolution of insects and...
ROM (Royal Ontario Museum) revealed new research based on a cache of fossils that contains the brain and nervous system of a half-billion-year-old...
A quick, easy scan can reveal late-life dementia risk
Late-life dementia is becoming increasingly common in people after 80 years of age.
A new long-term study has shown a simple and common scan can reveal...
The art of getting DNA out of decades-old pickled snakes
Two levels underground, Chicago’s Field Museum has a secret bunker. The sub-basement Collections Resource Center houses millions of biological specimens for scientists around...
Killing resistant prostate cancer with iron
Prostate cancer can come back from common hormone deprivation therapy with a vengeance and no clear treatment option, but scientists have early evidence...
In the war against polluted air will perseverance win out? – Air Quality Matters
Wow! You look at any number of today’s hot-button issues – women’s reproductive and voting rights; those surrounding the supply chain slowdown; high...
