Following a brain-injuring bump or blow to the head, brain cells and blood vessels typically swell.

Subarctic regions are facing rapid changes in climate and land-use intensity.

A virus can stop bacteria from sharing genes for antibiotic resistance among themselves, Texas A&M AgriLife researchers have discovered. The results hint at new ways to treat infections and describe a new feature of a highly diverse, largely unexplored part of the biosphere.

The study, published recently in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, was led by Lanying Zeng, Ph.D., associate professor in the Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics.

“The United States generates the most plastic waste of any other country in the world, but rather than looking the problem in the eye, we have outsourced it to developing countries and become a top contributor to the ocean plastics crisis,” Nick Mallos, senior director of Ocean Conservancy’s Trash Free Seas program and a co-author of the study, said in a statement.

Read more at: Texas A&M Agrilife Communications

Food and pollination services are important for everyone: humans, production animals and wildlife alike.

In Alzheimer’s disease, the peptide amyloid-beta begins to form clumps in the brain.

There have been many documented cases of Covid-19 “super-spreading” events, in which one person infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus infects many other people. 

Beta-blockers could potentially be used to treat COVID-19, according to a new international study by Italian and Australian scientists.

Problems with memory and cognition have long been identified as a predictor of dementia, but now researchers have identified a crucial physical indicator that warrants equal attention—gait speed, or how fast a person walks.

Blood clots continue to wreak havoc for patients with severe COVID-19 infection, and a new study explains what may spark them in up to half of patients.

Predicting influenza outbreaks just got a little easier, thanks to a new A.I.-powered forecasting tool developed by researchers at Stevens Institute of Technology.