A UW-led team has developed a system, called ProxiCycle, that logs when a passing car comes too close to a cyclist (four feet or less). A small, inexpensive sensor plugs into bicycle handlebars and ...

Bear bile farms exist in several different countries in Asia. The practice has been criticised for its impact on wild animal populations and the health and welfare of captive animals. Image taken on a ...

The biodiversity of North Korea and the threats it faces are poorly known. The Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), which divides North and South Korea, is home to a wide range of species and is an ...

The Korean Peninsula is home to a globally important population of water deer. Deer were one of the animals most often reported to have been eaten as wild meat in North Korea.

UBA5 disorder is considered an ultra-rare condition which affects brain function, but a new cortical organoid model presented ...

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are ubiquitous, accumulate in the environment and are difficult to break down. They are known as "forever chemicals". PFAS can compromise the immune system ...

Scientists have engineered a monoclonal antibody that can protect mice from a lethal dose of influenza A, a new study shows. The new molecule combines the specificity of a mature flu fighter with the ...

An international research team including the Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (Kavli IPMU, WPI ...

University of Cincinnati doctoral student Heeyong Jang holds up a lab-on-a-chip microfluidic lateral flow assay to measure hormones in a point-of-care device.

Mercury is released by environmental and human-driven processes. And some forms, specifically methylmercury, are toxic to ...

Scientists have launched an interactive global map to show the migratory patterns of more than 100 marine species in an ...