Experts have developed a clinical guide to help providers recognize a patient's risk of firearm injury or death, talk with patients about firearm safety and intervene in emergency situations.

Experiences such as poverty, residential instability, or parental divorce or substance abuse, can affect executive function and lead to changes in a child's brain chemistry, muting the effects of..

A new study furthers our knowledge of viruses — in the sea and on land — and their potential to cause life-threatening illnesses. The findings, which examine newly-identified genes carried by myster..

Researchers examine in detail the different metaphors scientists use to describe the human microbiome. Because it appears that each view has both advantages and disadvantages, the authors suggest the ..

Preliminary results suggest that the immunosuppressive drug belatacept can help safely and effectively treat kidney transplant patients without the negative long-term side effects of traditional immun..

To study the impacts of invading predators, researchers used three lizard species: one curly-tailed predator and two prey species, green and brown anoles. They found that the anoles could coexist peac..

From the Ironman to the Tour de France, some competitions test even the toughest endurance athletes. A study of energy expenditure during some of the world's longest, most grueling sporting event..

Strange ring-shaped objects in a Bronze Age hillfort site represent a unique form of cereal-based product, according to a new study.

New research shows the koala will supplement its water needs from free-standing sources, raising hope that drinking stations can be an important strategy to supprt this and other species from the impa..

Researchers have given new capabilities to their fleet of robotic boats that let them target and clasp onto each other, and keep trying if they fail.