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Bumblebees in Michigan Found Safe from Harmful Fungus, For Now

If you are one of the hundreds, if not thousands, of people who got to watch Jerry Seinfeld lend his voice to the lovable Berry B. Benson in…

Can a blood test diagnose a concussion?

Diagnosing concussions, a mild form of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) that affects thousands each year, can be difficult. Most diagnostic tools involve subjective, self-reported measurements. In addition, neuroimaging…

Turning a killer into a cure: Ebola virus could possibly aid in cancer treatment

Glioblastomas are a very aggressive form of brain cancer that spread rapidly through the brain and to other parts of the body. They are often lethal because they are…

The Humble Plantain Has Won Against Climate Change

Researchers from the School of Agriculture and Food Sciences at the University of Queensland and the School of Biology Sciences at Trinity College Dublin have recently discovered that…

Afraid of Heights?

Men born before 1939 with a body height of 5’9” can expect a 10% lower dementia risk compared to men with a body height of 5’7” Researchers at…

Copper-Catalyst Forces Co-Workers Carbon Dioxide and Water to Work Out their Differences and Make Renewable Energy

Everyone has that coworker they’d rather walk on shattered glass than talk to.  For the infamous greenhouse gas carbon dioxide, that coworker is water.   Now I know what…

Artificial Intelligence in the operating room: AI expedites brain tumor diagnoses during surgery

There are so many different types of cancer that exist in all parts of our body, and each subset of cancer has its own challenges during treatment. Brain…

Over 200 Scientific Studies Have Been Synthesized – Watch Out Climate Change, We’re Coming for You

Floods in the Midwest. Droughts on the West coast. The climate crisis has become impossible to deny as the havoc it causes becomes impossible to ignore. Very few…

Superbugs require super drugs—or do they?

Antibiotic resistant bacteria are frightening. When resistant, the bacteria are not affected by the drugs usually employed to kill them (antibiotics). Some postulate that such “superbugs” might even…

An Exploration of Obstacles to Genetic Testing for Inherited Heart Conditions

  A rising issue in the world of genetic exploration is the availability and execution of genetic screenings for inherited conditions. One particular group of conditions passed down…