Science & Technology

It is often said that ‘children eat what they like,’ but the results of a new study by nutritionists and sensory scientists suggests that when it comes to meals, it is more accurate and more relevant to say, ‘children do not eat what they dislike.’

A recent study confirms a striking decrease in basking shark sightings in the California Current Ecosystem after the 1970s and 1980s and examines what is driving their presence and distribution.

New studies highlight how e-cigarettes alter oral health and may be contributing to gum disease. The latest research finds that e-cigarette users have a unique oral microbiome that is less healthy than nonsmokers but potentially healthier than cigarett…

Over 90 percent of patients with transfusion-dependent thalassemia, an inherited blood disorder, no longer needed monthly blood transfusions years after receiving gene therapy, according to an international Phase 3 clinical trial that for the first tim…

Researchers found a high probability of flood damage — including monetary damage, human injury and loss of life — for more than a million square miles of land across the United States across a 14-year period.

IUDs work at least as well as tubal ligation, while causing fewer side effects, according to a new study.

So, a metal head shows up at a techno party… pretty unlikely, right? Right. Disliking certain kinds of music is just as constitutive of personal taste as is liking other kinds; and because it influences music-related behavior, this has consequences f…

UNLV-led research team identifies key brain protein to target for new customized drug therapies treating adverse symptoms of developmental disorder subtypes.

Researchers create minimalistic Sars-CoV-2 virions and discover the spike protein switching mechanism.

Scientists have known for years that a person’s risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) can be lowered with lifestyle changes such as modifying diet, exercise, alcohol and tobacco use. Now a new study shows that a long-term association also exists between…

The placebo effect activates same brain circuits targeted by brain-stimulation therapy for depression.

Researchers have developed a new method for controlled interrogation and recording of neuronal activity. The system combines technology from multichannel optogenetics with laminar recordings in the brain. The research team proposes alternative design f…

In a study of vaginal births in New York State hospitals, labor neuraxial analgesia — having an epidural or combined spinal and epidural — was associated with a decreased risk of severe maternal morbidity. Deliveries with a neuraxial analgesic also l…