Researchers have found that rice plants can withstand attacks from arsenic in water and soil…
Month: November 2016
Cluster headaches: Painful but treatable, preventable
Often called the suicide headache because of the excruciating intensity of the pain, cluster headaches…
Climate change could outpace EPA lake protections
Lake Champlain may be more susceptible to damage from climate change than was previously understood,…
Bacteria communicate to ramp up collective immune response to viral threats
Bacteria can boost their own immune systems by “talking” to each other, surprising new research…
New quality control revealed in immune T cell development
The research into T cell development within an organ called the thymus revealed for the…
Last-line antibiotics are failing
A new report shows that in 2015, antibiotic resistance continued to increase for most bacteria…
Diaphragm much older than expected
Caseids are “mammal-like” reptiles that lived about 300-250 million years ago. They had a barrel-shaped…
Not so warped
From tractor beams to warp drive, sci-fi has inspired serious real-life research.
Dissecting bacterial infections at the single-cell level
Technological advances are making the analysis of single bacterial infected human cells feasible. Now researchers…
Breakthrough offers greater understanding of safe radioactive waste disposal
A group of scientists has completed research into radioactively contaminated material to gain further understanding…