The endocannabinoid system is found throughout the brain and body and plays a key role in everything from memory and learning to sleep to social behavior. During prolonged aerobic exercise, the body's ...

One of the main changes is a loss of the innate immune system's naive T cells, the first line of defense against pathogens, and an increase in the adaptive immune system's memory T cells. This ...

Artist's depiction of a coronal mass ejection from EK Draconis. The hotter and faster ejection is shown in blue, while the cooler and slower ejection is shown in red. Scientists believe that when the ...

As autumn’s chill creeps into the Pacific Northwest, there’s no better time to sink into Oregon’s natural hot springs. On a recent episode of the Peak Northwest podcast, hosts Jamie Hale and Chiara ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Blackmon is a Texas-based public policy analyst/consultant. Aerial view of the Trinity Gas Storage facility near Bethel, ...

INTRODUCTION: This paper aims to describe a model to simulate otosclerosis using a mass-spring model and to correlate the results with the clinical and audiological data on the disease. METHODS: A ...

The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services has identified five people who became sick with Giardia, a parasitic infection located in the small intestine.While anyone can contract ...

Rheinmetall has unveiled a new instantiation of its widely sold Multi Ammunition Soft-kill System (MASS) shipborne self-protection system at the Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) ...

A research team in Korea has experimentally demonstrated, for the first time in the world, a nonlinear wave phenomenon that changes its frequency—either rising or falling—depending on which direction ...

While the week should start out dry in Massachusetts, rain is on track to return in the form of a “late spring Nor’easter” — and bring along with it “unseasonably cool” temperatures. Temperatures were ...

Massachusetts officials are overhauling a natural gas program they blame for driving up customers' bills and encouraging utilities to make unnecessarily costly repairs. The program, known as the Gas ...