The prospect of heat waves without end, increasingly destructive floods, relentless drought, rapidly rising sea levels, and ...

Using longitudinal data on more than 370 000 older Japanese adults, we found that living in constituencies represented by pro-tobacco legislators was associated with higher smoking prevalence. The ...

A new study not only provides the first statistically derived estimate of bee species richness around the world, it also ...

Less than 2% of the genome codes for proteins; the rest, once called 'junk DNA', contains regulatory elements. Researchers ...

According to Alex Turner, assistant professor in atmospheric and climate science at UW, the specific gases researchers focus ...

During the Boston Globe’s Rare Disease Summit, Dr. Wendy Chung, a physician-scientist and geneticist who leads the Department ...

Civil monetary penalties can significantly reduce provider margins, increase short-term debt and threaten fiscal stability — especially when they strip providers of the equivalent of a full day’s ...

The discovery of the molecules was made with Nasa’s Curiosity rover, which examined a Martian rock named Cumberland. This is ...

The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) can cause certain types of cancer or autoimmune diseases, but how the body controls this common viral infection is largely unknown. Researchers at the University Hospital ...

Many studies suggest that pets make their owners happier, but a new high-quality study found a different result ...

Introduction Motivated health workers are pivotal in providing adequate health services. This study aims to understand what motivates and demotivates maternal health workers. We do so in Somalia, an ...