Life Science (EurekAlert!)

A team of international researchers went back to the formation of the solar system 4.6 billion years ago to gain new insights into the cosmic origin of the heaviest elements on the periodic table.

Rice University scientists have developed a greatly simplified method to make fluoroketones, a precursor for drug design and manufacture that typically requires an expensive silver catalyst.

While physical activity is important for everyone, research has shown people with developmental disabilities do not exercise as often as their typically developed peers.