Adolescent depression increases with exposure to pesticides, a study in the Ecuadorian Andes shows.

Researchers have developed a unique method for studying proteins which could open new doors for medicinal research. Through capturing proteins in a nano-capsule made of glass, the researchers have bee..

Domestic violence survivors commonly suffer repeated blows to the head and strangulation, trauma that has lasting effects that should be widely recognized by advocates, health care providers, law enfo..

A weakness in one common open source software for genomic analysis left DNA-based medical diagnostics vulnerable to cyberattacks. Researchers identified the weakness and notified the software develope..

For more than a billion people around the world, running water comes from water systems that turn on and off at certain times. A new article proposes a model to explain why and how these systems come ..

Researchers have assembled microrobots from a small set of standardized components, as a step toward self-replicating systems.

Intermittent fasting is known to improve sensitivity to the blood glucose-lowering hormone insulin and to protect against fatty liver. Scientists have now discovered that mice on an intermittent fasti..

Chemists are reporting a new finding on how sickle cells are formed, which may lead not only to stopping their formation, but to new avenues for making uniformly-sized nanoparticles for industry.

In 2018, a Florida man found a piece of tooth embedded in his foot from a shark bite off Flagler Beach 24 years earlier. A DNA test of the tooth revealed the kind of shark that had nabbed his foot nea..

Scientists have uncovered a metabolic pathway that only exists in parasitic worms. This will allow development of drugs that target parasites only without harming the human host.