As more accounts of sexual violations on airplanes come to light, more women are sharing their experiences and taking action…
Introducing a kinder, gentler way to blow holes in cells
Getting big molecules into cells isn’t easy, and it isn’t easy on the cells, either. Bulk electroporation blows holes throughout…
Home-based tools can help assess dementia risk and progression
Researchers report on a novel four-year, randomized clinical trial evaluating different home-based methods to assess cognitive function and decline in…
Quantum physics and origami for the ultimate get-well card
The bizarre optical properties of tiny metal particles — smaller than light waves — can be captured on paper to…
Omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids may play opposite roles in childhood asthma
Dietary intake of two fatty acids, omega-3 and omega-6, may have opposite effects on the severity of asthma in children…
Pain, pain go away: New tools improve students’ experience of school-based vaccines
Researchers have teamed up with educators, public health practitioners and grade seven students in Ontario to develop and implement a…
Smoking and pre-eclampsia may cause fertility problems for offspring
Low levels of oxygen in the womb — which can be caused by smoking or conditions such as preeclampsia —…
A new model to trial preventative treatments for schizophrenia
Neuroscientists have developed a new animal model of schizophrenia that will enable researchers around the world to better understand the…
Movement toward a stool test for liver cirrhosis
In a study of people with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and their twins and other close relatives, researchers were able…
The Races Are Virtual but the Running Is Real
Participants in virtual races run whenever they can, wherever they can, and say they still have some of the sense…