Graphene-Based Sensor Could Improve Evaluation, Diagnosis and Treatment of Asthma by detecting inflammation in lungs

Wastewater from oil and gas operations—including fracking for shale gas—at a West Virginia site altered microbes downstream

Scientists say neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s may be linked to defective brain cells disposing toxic proteins that make neighboring cells sick

Sea level in the Northeast and in some other US regions will rise significantly faster than the global average, according to a new report

Rutgers neuroscientists have established that problems controlling bodily movements are at the core of autism spectrum disorders and that the use of psychotropic medications to treat autism in children often makes such neuromotor problems worse…

Roughly 100 million years ago, an amoeba robbed a bacterium of its genes. Now, researchers finally know how the amoeboid pulled off the heist

Scientists have measured a black hole that is about 660 million times as massive as our sun, and is encircled by a cloud of gas moving at about 1.1 million miles per hour

Scientists create possible treatment for Parkinson’s and other brain-related conditions

Study Finds Ants Were Socializing – and Sparring – Nearly 100 Million Years Ago

Low Vitamin D Level Predicts Cognitive Decline in Older Population

‘Lab-on-a-Chip’ Technology Cuts Costs of Lab Tests for HIV, Lyme Disease, Other Diseases

Retinal Changes Offer Clues about Brain Pathology of Schizophrenia

Bacteria Could Help Clean Groundwater Contaminated by Uranium Ore Processing

A marine biologist studying the rise and fall of fish populations worldwide recently made a counterintuitive discovery: ocean species that grow quickly and reproduce frequently are more likely to experience dramatic plunges in population than larger…

Taking Statins? Don’t Worry About Memory Loss, Rutgers/University of Pennsylvania Study Finds

Farmers should concern themselves with how many individual wild bees they have pollinating their fields, not how many kinds of bees, according to new research

Past Climate Change Was Caused by the Ocean, Not Just the Atmosphere, New Rutgers Study Finds

Attacking type 2 diabetes from a new direction with encouraging results: New research shows promising evidence that a modified form of a different drug, niclosamide – currently used to eliminate intestinal parasites – may hold the key to battling the disease at its source

A wife's happiness is more crucial than her husband's in keeping marriage on track: Research offers insight into link between marital quality and well-being later in life