Increased exposure to thyroid hormones during pregnancy can have beneficial effects on biological age at birth

Children born extremely preterm are three times more likely to be diagnosed with depression than their peers born close to the expected date of delivery.

Scientists have discovered that titanium makes natural hackmanite glow white in the dark

Climate change pushes species distribution areas northward where species face e.g. habitat degradation

Researchers have designed an artificial cyanobacterial biofilm that sustains photosynthetic production of green ethylene for up to 40 days

Protein kinase called LRRK2 is thought to contribute to Parkinson’s disease

Researchers have developed a new point-of-care diagnostic test for detecting ovarian cancer with a sensitivity 4.5 times higher than that of conventional methods

Glyphosate-based herbicides are globally the most frequently used herbicides in agriculture and their residue ends up in animal feed

Researchers discovered a molecular mechanism that conifers use to adapt to winter

Individuals who react negatively to rules and recommendations and have lower trust in doctors tend to use complementary and alternative medicine more often

Ecologists in Finland have discovered that the food hoards pygmy owls collect in nest-boxes for winter rot due to heavy autumn rains and if hoarding has been initiated early

Scientists from the University of Turku have described already 40 new species in 2020 including several insects, spiders and a monitor lizard

Mood changes indicating depression and anxiety are linked to changes in the brain's opioid system already in healthy individuals

Glucocorticoids, a widely used treatment in intensive care, can nearly quadruple the death rate of patients suffering from acute respiratory distress syndrome

Recent longitudinal study shows that exposure to parental smoking in childhood and adolescence is linked to poorer cognitive function in midlife

Researchers have developed a new method for biomarker discovery of urological cancers

Researchers found that high levels of stress hormones correlate with white blood cell ratio in Asian elephants

JNK protein functions as a sensor in nerve cell synapses, triggering the cells to withdraw their synapses when stressed

Preterm babies are more likely to be diagnosed with reactive attachment disorder that causes problems in emotional bonding, social interaction, and expression of emotions

Small, fiercely predatory damselflies catch and eat hundreds of thousands of insects in a small area during a single summer

The risk of ADHD was 34 percent higher in children whose mother had a vitamin D deficiency during the first and second trimesters of pregnancy

Researchers discovered 15 parasitoid wasps of the genus Acrotaphus in the Amazon

Horror movies expertly manipulate brain activity to enhance excitement by exploiting the brain's response to threat

A group of scientists identified strains of group A streptococcus that are less susceptible to commonly used antibiotics, a sign that the germ causing strep throat and flesh-eating disease may be moving closer to resistance to penicillin and other related antibiotics known as beta-lactams.

Planning the use of land prevents misuse of natural resources

Empirical Notes on the Interaction Between Continuous Kernel Fuzzing and Development

Researchers discovered a new gene signature that predicts type 1 diabetes

New study on a WWII paramilitary organization suggests that, during wartime, group identification in women may rely more on threats to actual family members which then trigger feelings of shared biology with an imagined community of unknown individuals…

Gut microbes of a 2.5-month-old infant are associated with temperament traits at six months of age

Researchers discovered a new route that transports subcutaneously administered antibodies into lymph nodes in just a few seconds

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