Research: Compound that kills drug-resistant fungi is isolated from ant microbiota —

Antimicrobial and antifungal resistance, which describe the ability of bacteria and other pathogens to resist the effects of drugs to which they were...

Research: Screen time — even before bed — has little impact on teen well-being...

Data from more than 17,000 teenagers show little evidence of a relationship between screen time and well-being in adolescents. The study, published in...

Research: Dueling goals in making electronics more sustainable —

The falling cost of solar power has led to a boom in recent years, with more and more photovoltaic panels popping up on...

Research: Wild bees flock to forested areas affected by severe fire —

A groundbreaking two-year study in southern Oregon found greater abundance and diversity of wild bees in areas that experienced moderate and severe forest...

Research: Geographers use big data to predict how slope affects human travel rates —

Have you ever been running on a sidewalk making pretty good time, then hit a hill and slowed way down? If so, you've...

Research: Novel Hawaiian communities operate similarly to native ecosystems —

On the Hawaiian island of Oahu, it is possible to stand in a lush tropical forest that doesn't contain a single native plant....

Research: Researchers reveal amazing biological ‘wires’ of a sort never seen before —

Scientists have made a surprising discovery about how strange bacteria that live in soil and sediment can conduct electricity. The bacteria do so,...

Research: How understanding animal behavior can support wildlife conservation —

Advancement in sensor technologies has meant that field biologists are now collecting a growing mass of ever more precise data on animal behaviour....

Research: Machine learning can reveal optimal growing conditions to maximize taste and other features...

What goes into making plants taste good? For scientists in MIT's Media Lab, it takes a combination of botany, machine-learning algorithms, and some...

Research: Think the tick threat grows with the grass? Not necessarily! —

When Susannah Lerman talked with fellow researchers and friends about her study of the effects of less frequent lawn mowing to improve habitat...

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