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As immigrants in southeastern Louisiana and Mississippi braced for this month's U.S. Homeland Security operation, Cristiane Rosales-Fajardo received a panicked phone call from a friend.

A new regional assessment shows that Southeast Asia is a major net source of greenhouse gases, with land-use change and rising fossil fuel use overwhelming natural carbon sinks, reservoirs that store carbon-containing chemical ...

For many of us, the holiday season can mean delightful overeating, followed by recriminatory New Year's resolutions.

When killer T cells of our immune system divide, they normally undergo asymmetric cell division (ACD): Each daughter cell inherits different cellular components, which drive the cells toward divergent fates—one cell becomes ...

Researchers from Skoltech Engineering Center's Hierarchically Structured Materials Laboratory have developed a new method to determine the porosity of fibrous materials using a single image taken with a standard optical microscope.

Receipt of a patient-centered educational leaflet decreases the desire to take antibiotics for asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB), according to a study published in the December issue of Open Forum Infectious Diseases.

Fueled by a new viral strain, flu is hitting California early—and doctors are warning that they expect the season may be particularly tough on young children.

The distribution of Japanese eels (Anguilla japonica) at the northern edge of the species' range appears to be shaped by river water temperature, which is influenced by watershed geology and land use.

Older adults who live in economically disadvantaged neighborhoods spend significantly fewer days at home in the year after a fall-related hip fracture than those living in more affluent areas, according to a large U.S. study ...

Eliminating federal funding for Housing First programs, initiatives that provide people experiencing homelessness (PEH) with stable housing without requiring sobriety or treatment, could lead to a sharp rise in homelessness ...

Are you a parent to one child? Or are you considering having a child in the future, and wondering about what your family size should be?

A museum scientist has paid homage to the renowned British naturalist and author Gerald Durrell, whose stories inspired him to become a researcher when he was growing up in what was then the Soviet Union.