Thousands of UK Teens Will Help Settle a Vaccine Debate Over Meningitis
UK scientists want to know whether it’s worth vaccinating teens against a certain type of bacteria that causes meningitis called Neisseria meningitidis.
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UK scientists want to know whether it’s worth vaccinating teens against a certain type of bacteria that causes meningitis called Neisseria meningitidis.
Chilean scientists and government officials are claiming the specimen was illegally obtained by grave robbers.
That harmless-looking duck floating in your bathtub may actually be a Trojan horse for ravenous legions of “potentially pathogenic bacteria.”
The eventual goal is to create an implantable brain-computer interface capable of restoring normal memory function to people suffering from brain injury or illness.
Could a mysterious glowing crystal be a sign of dark matter particle detection?
The laws that prevent historical salvaging from turning into opportunistic treasure-hunting.
Efforts to miniaturise genome sequencers could one day make for extremely small, lightweight methods for detecting life forms in space.
Since hoverboards are probably already uncool, injuries like these are likely on the decline, but children should still be careful.
It’s still just a hypothesis as the hunt for dark matter continues, but it’s an interesting thought to digest.
Researchers believe it's some sort of internal shock absorber.
For the many marine animals that make this vast ocean region their home, this is a dreadful development.
For the past 150 years, the coffin of an ancient Egyptian priestess has been on display at an Australian museum, but no one ever thought to look inside—until now.
The most successful trials left healthy cells alone while still wiping out more than 99 per cent of infectious bacteria.
This latest research suggests abrupt climate change wasn’t as catastrophic to early humans as we thought, and that they were in fact remarkably resilient and adaptable in the face of these dramatic shifts in temperature.
Is this dang telescope ever going to launch?
Astronomers have now documented a record-setting case of a star being extinguished in just a few days.
