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An oral mix of a pre- and probiotic can decrease deaths from the condition, according to the results of a large clinical trial conducted in rural India. 

Optometrist and eclipse-chaser Ralph Chou describes how even a partially eclipsed sun can damage the eye.

Although the popular blacklist of predatory publishers is gone, the suspect journals they produce are not. 

When thousands of animals die during mass migrations, ecosystems accommodate the corpses and new cycles are set in motion.

A review of several dozen hospitalized patients in Brazil finds neurological conditions, including inflammation of the brain and spinal cord, in addition to Guillain-Barre syndrome.

Some vaccine developers are taking steps to include them, in line with bioethicists' urging, but it will likely take years before any expectant mothers are enrolled.

Rush Holt of AAAS talks with The Scientist about the upcoming gathering and collaborations—past, present, and future—between the two countries.

There is little evidence that full treatment durations discourage the development of drug-resistant bacteria.

Mice lacking the RNA had deregulated microRNAs in the brain, disrupted synaptic communication, and behavioral abnormalities associated with neuropsychiatric disorders.

The material is durable, flexible, and can serve as a scaffold for cell growth, a study shows.

The shotgun approach, typically thought to be the superior method, may substantially underestimate diversity in environments that have not already been classified, researchers find.

In mice, injected fragments of a naturally occurring protein boost memory in young and old animals and improve cognition and mobility in a model of neurodegenerative disease.