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Researchers have shown that adding a small amount of a chemical used in perfumes – nonanal – to a two-chemical combination of other sex pheromones helped increase the cocktail’s effectiveness in mimicking female fall armyworm “come hither” calls to males.

An international study shows that it is likely that insulin can be stored at room temperature, and for considerably longer than drug companies have counted on to date. Access to this vital medicine can thereby be significantly improved for the world’s poorest inhabitants.

Scientist have found a creative way to make a vaccine against norovirus, which causes hundreds of millions of cases of food poisoning each year, by piggybacking on the highly effective vaccines for rotavirus, an unrelated virus that also causes diarrhea.

A therapy that harnesses immune cells collected from tumors could be made a more viable option by using circulating tumor-reactive lymphocytes found in the blood to fight tumors.

Two of the most important factors contributing to COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy are low levels of confidence in public health scientists and low levels of collective responsibility to prevent COVID. What can science do to address vaccine hesitancy?

Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) is a global pathogen that can cause severe respiratory tract illness. RSV infections can be especially dangerous for newborns and infants in general. A large-scale international vaccination study has now investigated the efficacy of an initial vaccine candidate.

Incorporating natural molecules with antioxidant properties, like rosmarinic acid, into sunscreen increases its photoprotective efficacy.

A new study has discovered a link between gestational vitamin D and behavioral outcomes in children.

People exposed to higher levels of air pollution before the pandemic had lower antibody responses to COVID-19 vaccines, according to a study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal).

A new study has explored the landscape of supplements used by pregnant women in the United States. The data reveals that 99% of supplements do not provide suitable amounts of some of the key micronutrients missing from women’s diets.