New method addresses the enormous environmental burden posed by tires, approximately 3 billion of which were manufactured and purchased worldwide in 2019

Inspired by the water-repellent lotus leaf, the new surface works through a combination of nano-scale surface engineering and chemistry

Recent research addresses a major challenge in assessing diets: studies in nutrition largely rely on participants to record their own food intake

Raging winds can demolish trees, defoliate entire canopies, and scatter debris across forest floors, radically altering the habitats and reshaping the selective pressures on many organisms

The new method can get anti-viral vaccines safely and cheaply to previously inaccessible populations

What is the best way to conduct meaningful science in such harsh and dangerous conditions?

The low-cost sensor is about the size of a button-cell watch battery

Just two weeks without much activity can have a dramatic impact on health from which it is difficult to recover

The patch can be incorporated directly into food packaging, where it can monitor the contents for harmful pathogens such as E. coli and Salmonella

McMaster researchers have created a printed paper-based device that can speed up and improve the accuracy of the drug screening process

Contaminants still remain after typical water treatment process

This new finding from the Canadian CHILD Study will help doctors better predict which children will develop asthma and allergies

Researchers at McMaster University have developed a new drug screening technique that could lead to the rapid and accurate identification of fentanyl

Though the "warm little ponds" concept has been around since Darwin, the researchers have now proven its plausibility through numerous evidence-based calculations

The lowest risk of death was in those people who consume three to four servings (or a total of 375 to 500 grams) of fruits, vegetables, and legumes a day