In response to the need for an open-access database where researchers can deposit, share, and compare anatomical and physiological data associated with acupuncture points, the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health has funded a project to develop the Topological Atlas and Repository for Acupoint Research (TARA). To learn more about TARA read the new article published in the peer-reviewed journal Medical Acupuncture.

A new way of thinking about Alzheimer’s disease has yielded a discovery that could be the key to stopping the cognitive decline seen in Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases, including ALS and Parkinson's.

Making a discovery with the potential for innovative applications in pharmaceutical development, a West Virginia University microbiology student has found a long sought-after fungus that produces effects similar to the semisynthetic drug LSD, which is used to treat conditions like depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and addiction.

An overactive immune response can damage the kidneys but also presents a promising target for treatments to slow or prevent disease progression.

New research led by the University of Sydney adds to our understanding of how rapidly rising sea levels due to climate change foreshadow the end of the Great Barrier Reef as we know it. The findings suggest the reef can withstand rising sea levels in isolation but is vulnerable to associated environmental stressors arising from global climate change. 

In the 1970s, when public interest in the oceans and what lives in them was picking up speed, Dr Mary Elizabeth Livingston graduated with degrees in Zoology and Oceanography before taking up a PhD position in New Zealand to study flatfish. Opportunities for careers in marine science expanded, but for women, gaining access remained difficult. Livingston, however, persisted and now looks back on a career spanning more than four decades. She is the author of a new Frontiers in Ocean Sustainability article in which she chronicles the highs and lows of her career, changes in the field, and what has remained the same.

Colorado State University and USDA Forest Service researchers used anonymized, aggregated GPS data from smartphones to monitor how wildlife reacts to people – information that is valuable for conservation.