Older adults discharged from hospital with a new prescription for a sedative, especially a benzodiazepine or antipsychotic, are at increased risk of falls and other negative consequences, according to ...

A new estimate of insect species globally finds that there may be 8 to 14 million more species than people thought, with few of them discovered.

Markers of a new mechanism for cell death, called karyoptosis, have been found in brains of patients with Alzheimer’s disease ...

A 100-year-old equation and a fibre-optic cable off the coast of Svalbard led researchers to discover they could detect ...

Great apes may have been laughing with a similar rhythm to modern humans for at least 15 million years, a University of ...

Researchers at the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, have developed a new calculator that estimates a person's risk of developing serious muscle disorders from ...

Accounting for atmospheric degradation of levoglucosan is essential for accurate identification of biomass burning sources in ...

A University of Michigan life cycle analysis shows that hydrogen fuel cell vehicles and electric vehicles offer significant reductions in lifetime greenhouse gas emissions compared with diesel powertr ...

A study has revealed that despite centuries of violent regime changes, medieval Sicily was a genetic ‘melting pot’, where ...

An international collaboration has discovered two of the lowest-density giant planets ever detected: rare ‘super-puff’ ...

Ultra-light GPS tracking devices have revealed that the Pygmy Falcon operates within an exceptionally small home range while ...

Two opposing biological pathways balance stem cell maintenance with skin development; topical drug treatments targeting them may treat skin cancers and disorders.