The bacteria in your gut do more than break down your food. They also can…
Category: Science
A giant quake may lurk under Bangladesh and beyond
A huge earthquake may be building beneath Bangladesh, the most densely populated nation on earth….
The true cost of crime, in carbon footprints
Despite policy makers currently examining the economic and social impacts of crime, the environmental impacts…
Physician payment reform has led to decrease in home-based dialysis in United States
The US Medicare program’s transition in 2004 to tiered fee-for-service physician reimbursement for dialysis care…
Spreadsheet-style tool could democratize database design
New software could make databases much easier for laypeople to work with. The program’s home…
Colistin-resistant gene detected in US for the second time
For the second time, a clinical isolate of a bacterial pathogen has been detected in…
Cutting nerves during breast cancer surgery is associated with chronic pain
A systematic review has been conducted that analyzed 30 observational studies that enrolled 20,000 women…
Self-prescribing antibiotics is a big problem
Five percent of adults from a cohort of 400 people reported using antibiotics without a…
Strategies to mimic fasting during chemotherapy enhance anticancer T cell activity in mice
Fasting is known to increase positive outcomes during cancer treatment, and now two independent studies…
Monkeys in Brazil ‘have used stone tools for hundreds of years at least’
New archaeological evidence suggests that Brazilian capuchins have been using stone tools to crack open…