Category: 5. Biology

Skin wounds and sores, such as diabetic foot sores and pressure wounds,…

Four in ten adults with chronic pain experience clinically significant depression and anxiety, reported a new systematic review and meta-analysis published in JAMA Network Open. 

“Right now, we have…

Many analytical techniques involve weighing steps, where errors can occur….

Massive sargassum seaweed blooms in the past few years, which were among the largest ever recorded, have fouled beaches in the tropical Atlantic with their huge, stinky clumps. Now, scientists have found an…

Scientists have learned more about how SARS-CoV-2 infections, which cause COVID-19, can ruin the ability of immune cells to repair lung damage. This could help explain some of the symptoms experienced by long…

A cryptic new species of the honeyeater genus Myzomela has been described by an international team of ornithologists from Malaysia, India, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Plastic is a cheap and durable material that has been adapted and applied in innumerable ways. Vast amounts of plastic has been produced in recent decades, mainly for stuff that quickly gets thrown away. And…

It looks like it’s straight out of a comic book, but BiVACOR is a real, functioning titanium heart. The metal device is ultimately intended as a replacement for human donor organs, but was first utilized last year as a stopgap for…

Prenatal exposure to delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the main psychoactive compound in cannabis, may affect fetal lung development and function. It could also lead to chronic respiratory conditions like…