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Discovery of a toxic group of chemicals associated with tobacco smoke and dyes used in cosmetics, textiles and plastics in the feces and urine of dogs and cats, suggests they may be exposed in their homes.

Haze is formed when a cocktail of various gaseous pollutants is oxidized and forms particulate matter, diffusing sunlight. Researchers have now discovered a new route to their formation.

Forensic scientists are building a suite of new insights into crime scene investigation – including the difference between high, intermediate and low skin "shedders" that will help understanding of trace or "touch DNA".

Detailed evaluation of medusavirus morphology within and outside host cells provides new clues into the maturation of giant viruses.

In a new study, 10-second videos of white blood cell motion in the skin’s microvasculature greatly improved the prediction of which stem cell and bone marrow transplant patients would have a relapse of their blood cancer.

A new study has found that women’s health research remains disproportionately focused on the reproductive years - particularly on pregnancy – with few articles on the major causes of illness and death in women.

A series of genetic mutations have been identified as risk factors for the development of rare brain blood vessel malformations that increase the risk of strokes and seizures.

Co-infection experiments with hepatitis C virus and hepatitis E virus have revealed that the HCV protein NS3/4A suppresses hepatitis E virus replication.

Research shows that light energy is actually transferred via molecular vibrations rather than resonance as thought for the last 70 years.

Two studies provide a radically new picture of how bacterial cells continually repair damaged sections (lesions) in their DNA.