To get a good sense of a country’s level of development, you need to look at the items people have in their homes, according to economists Rutger Schilpzand and Jeroen Smits from Radboud University.

Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in men worldwide. Despite medical advances in recent years, this type of tumour is still responsible for one in eight male cancer deaths in Austria ...

A 3-D X-ray diffraction image of cylindrocyclophane A. The bonds highlighted in blue were prepared using catalytic C–H bond functionalization reactions.

Biologists at Brown University found what makes some types of tomatoes more heat tolerant, yielding insights that could help crops adapt to climate change.

A team of scientists led by Caltech and Emory University has synthesized a highly complex natural molecule, cylindrocyclophane A, using a novel strategy that functionalizes normally nonreactive bonds, ...

Utah State University ecologist Joseph Wilson and colleagues report millions of bees die in vehicle collisions along Western U.S. highways. As pivotal pollinators, the consequences of these deaths ...

Nebraska's Naim Bautista (left) and Jay Storz are part of an international research team that studied how localized genetic adaptations can help a single species thrive across diverse environments ...

Scarlet macaws are a symbol of fidelity and virtue to many people because they are thought to mate for life — but it turns out that they also “play favorites” when feeding their young, making them ...

Cleveland Clinic researchers are presenting updated findings from their novel study of a vaccine aimed at preventing ...

Utah State University geologist Carol Dehler samples the 500-million-year-old Bright Angel Formation in Grand Canyon. The site is among several formations in a group of rocks she and colleagues are ...