Category: Science

About one-third of 1751 genes studied in the first comprehensive survey of the mouse genome…

An ‘automatic assumption’ to link terrorist acts with mental illness unfairly stigmatizes the millions of…

Neuroscientists have found that people who experience a mixing of the senses, known as synesthesia,…

A new study finds a consistent association between higher blood glucose (sugar) levels during pregnancy…

A new study finds that surveillance systems in Europe could detect increases in microcephaly (babies…

Growth in the use of e-cigarettes in England has been associated with a higher rate…

New research on grasshoppers and bullfrogs offers a conclusion about jumping: When an animal has…

A technique called plasmonic interferometry helps to detect spatial coherence in ‘incoherent’ light.

A single-application bioengineered gel, squirted in the ear canal, could deliver a full course of…

Antimicrobial cutting boards. Flame-retardant carpets. Friction-resistant bearings. Engineered surfaces add value to the things we…