Your heart’s best friend: Dog ownership associated with better cardiovascular health
Owning a pet may help maintain a healthy heart, especially if that pet is a dog, according to the first
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Wearable sensors detect what’s in your sweat: New easy-to-make sensors can provide real-time measurements of sweat rate and electrolytes and metabolites in perspiration
Needle pricks not your thing? A team of scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, is developing wearable skin sensors
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The urbanization of the beach: Some of Southern California’s most iconic and popular beaches have lost most of their biodiversity, according to marine scientists
To most people, a beach is a beach. You could likely take an image of almost any urban beach in
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Five or more hours of smartphone usage per day may increase obesity: Recent study found risk of obesity increased by 43%
As smartphones continue to be an inherent part of life and grow as a primary source of entertainment — particularly
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Once thought to be asexual, single-celled parasites caught in the act: Studying Leishmania parasites’ offspring could lead to improved treatment for deadly infections
Even single-celled organisms desire partners every now and then. Leishmania — single-celled parasites that cause infections of the skin and
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Potential new therapeutic target for Alzheimer’s disease
Apolipoproten E (apoeE) is a major genetic risk factor for the development of Alzheimer’s disease, yet the protein tends to
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How microbiome is disrupted during IBD: Human Microbiome Project
A new study led by researchers from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the Broad Institute of MIT
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Mining 25 years of data uncovers a new predictor of age of onset for Huntington disease
Investigators at the University of British Columbia (UBC)/Centre for Molecular Medicine & Therapeutics (CMMT) and BC Children’s Hospital have examined
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How hot spots of genetic variation evolved in human DNA: Study uncovers a complex story that hints at how adaptable — yet delicate — we are as a species
What makes one person different from one another, and how did these differences evolve? A study by University at Buffalo
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Firearm homicide rate higher in US counties with greater income inequality
Counties in the United States with greater gaps between rich and poor have a higher rate of homicide deaths involving
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