Cigarette smoke can make MRSA bacterial strains more resistant to antibiotics, new research has shown.

For the first time, researchers have studied and outlined the development of sebaceous glands in the skin. The study provides greater insight into the development and maintenance of the skin and how c..

A team has created new molecules with magnetic properties. In contrast to many earlier organic magnets, the molecules were stable in the presence of water and oxygen. Their magnetic properties were re..

A new study of seabirds that had ingested plastic debris has revealed a range of non-lethal impacts on their health and physiology. While seabird deaths due to swallowing plastic debris or becoming en..

The devastating consequences of the opioid crisis are far-reaching in the United States, impacting public health as well as social and economic welfare.

Researchers have shown that iron oxide layers can convert kinetic energy of saltwater into electrical power.

Scientists in Australia are using 3D printing to create fuels for rockets, and using tailor-made rocket motors they've built to test the fuels.

In a pilot study, researchers explored art-based mindfulness activities that schools could use to reduce headaches, a common side effect of stress in adolescent girls. After three weeks of twice-weekl..

Working with mouse and human tissue, researchers report new evidence that a protein pumped out of some — but not all — populations of 'helper' cells in the brain, called astrocytes, plays ..

Microbiologists have discovered that some pathogens depend on carbon monoxide to survive when other nutrients are not available.