New research has uncovered critical gaps in an emerging global public health tool for detecting environmental fecal ...

Jess Thomson is a Newsweek Science Reporter based in London UK. Her focus is reporting on science, technology and healthcare. She has covered weird animal behavior, space news and the impacts of ...

It was here, in this Caribbean country, that scientists from Yale University spent 10 years recruiting 1,787 adults from 18 isolated villages to donate fecal samples. All participants followed a ...

How could such a tiny piece of matter have mattered so much? After all, as Mr. Tonelli suggests in the subtitle to his book, matter is a “magnificent illusion.” Mr. Tonelli bookends “Matter ...

European auditors have identified a potential conflict of interest risk related to the monitoring of bivalve mollusks in New Zealand. The audit by DG Sante took place remotely and onsite in April ...

"It marks an exciting step forward in our understanding of dark matter and the dynamics of the Milky Way." A perplexing "break" in a stream of stars around the Milky Way could be the result of ...

Soil organic matter (SOM) is made up of a variety of components, including microorganisms, earthworms, mucus, plant exudates, plant roots, and fecal matter. Soil organic matter is the unsung hero of ...

This novel quantum effect has important observable consequences for primordial black holes and the nature of dark matter, which we will now discuss. As of now, we know that there are two types of ...

Fecal impaction occurs when stool forms that is hard, dry, and difficult to pass on its own. Individuals who experience constipation are more at risk of fecal impaction, which is more severe. When an ...

Current guidelines leave a significant portion of the at-risk population unaddressed. At-home fecal immunochemical tests (FIT) can make a difference. By detecting hidden blood in the stool — a ...

What Is White Matter Disease? White matter disease is the wearing away of tissue in the largest and deepest part of your brain. The loss of white matter function has a number of causes ...