Category: 5. Biology

A study published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease found that patients suffering from dementia demonstrated cognitive improvements following long-term use of low-dose cannabinoid extracts. The findings…

Scientists have recently conducted a meta-analysis of over 150 research studies, and determined that infections with viruses like influenza, hepatitis C, herpes zoster (shingles), and SARS-CoV-2 (the cause of…

Buff-tailed bumblebees (Bombus terrestris) can decide where to forage for food based on different durations of visual cues, according to new research.

​A study published in the scientific journal F1000 Research found that medical cannabis use increased overall survival rates among patients diagnosed with cholangiocarcinoma (CCA), a rare cancer that attacks…

The COVID pandemic brought many challenges, one of which is the chronic problem known as long COVID that can develop after a SARS-CoV-2 infection, and linger for months or years. Long COVID is characterized by…

In the past, when summer nights grew cold, the lake released the day’s accumulated heat, causing surface water to become denser and sink. This phenomenon drives the shallow mixing that occurs in summer. As nights have warmed, however, this…

Like a bouncer guarding the entrance to an exclusive nightclub, the blood-brain barrier – a dense layer of cells surrounding the brain’s blood vessels – is regarded as an exceptionally strict gatekeeper. It allows nutrients to pass through…

The newly-discovered bee species belongs to the genus Megachile and is a visitor to a critically endangered flowering plant species called Marianthus aquilonaris.

You’ve likely stepped on an unlikely crime solver: Mosses may be low-profile,…

The deep sea is a foreboding, almost impenetrable, place for us surface…