Did you know that certain social factors like education and marital status can affect the future birth weight of her daughter, according to research based on two long-term studies that tracked mother-daughter pairs.
New findings about DNA-based storage has the potential to solve all the problems and data loss related to hard drive-based storage.
A "Drinkable Book" sounds like something out of a Sci-Fi movie, but it is indeed a real thing. This waterpurifying system is based on nanotechnology that's inexpensive to create and easily transportable.
Recent findings from the Nationwide Children's Hospital demonstrates how headaches increase in the fall among children heading back to school. Researchers have found that certain health issues may trigger the problem, including poor hydration and prolonged screen time that could contribute to a chil...
Statistics show that roughly one-in-five American adolescents are obese, with more than one third overweight, according to information in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). Yet dosing obese teens with vitamin D shows relatively no benefit for their heart health or diabetes risk ...
The Dark Energy Survey (DES) has discovered 17 possible dwarf satellite galaxies in the past six months, which could help lead to better knowledge about dark energy.
NASA may have designed a gecko-inspired robot that could, in the future, help the International Space Station.
NASA's Cassini spacecraft is set to make its last close flyby of Saturn's moon, Dione. Today, it will zip past the moon and gather data as it continues on its mission.
A University of Michigan study headed by Robert Dickson, M.D., has discovered a potential connection between human and bacterial cells in the lung microbiome.
Scientists have spotted a spectacular galaxy collision lurking behind the Milky Way. This is the closest such system ever found, and may tell researchers a bit more about the interactions near our galaxy.
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) is celebrating its tenth birthday today. A total of 10 years after launch, the MRO is continuing to reveal new insights into the Red Planet's diversity and activity.
Imagine a book that can actually clean contaminated water. Sounds like science fiction, right? Scientists have created a book with treated paper pages that can be torn out and used to kill bacteria in water.
