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Better water testing, safer produce
Credit: Natalie Brassill, University of Arizona. March 20, 2019 - Salads were recently in the news--and off America's dinner tables--when romaine lettuce was recalled nationwide. Outbreaks of intestinal illness were traced to romaine lettuce contaminated with Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria. These bacteria occur naturally in the…
Read More...The recent spread of coyotes across North America did not doom deer populations
Credit: Dr. Aimee P. Rockhill (Western Carolina University) and Dr. Christopher S. DePerno (North Carolina State University) Coyotes eat deer, but not enough to limit the deer population at a large scale. A new study of deer numbers across…
Wildlife tourism may negatively affect African elephants’ behavior
Credit: Isabelle Szott Increasing numbers of tourists are interested in observing wildlife such as African elephants, and income generated from tourism potentially aids in the protection of animals and their habitats. However, a…
Are there Zika reservoirs in the Americas?
Researchers first needed to know if virus could be detected in fecesCredit: Courtesy Krista Milich Most emerging infectious diseases affecting people are zoonotic -- they make the jump from other animals to humans. Transmission,…
Fountain of youth for heart health may lie in the gut
Age-related changes to microbiome fuel vascular decline, new study showsCredit: CU Boulder Why do blood vessels naturally stiffen and degrade as we age, boosting cardiovascular disease risk? New University of Colorado Boulder…
Experiments with roundworms suggest alternatives for the treatment of schizophrenia
Researchers used C. elegans as an animal model to investigate the importance of certain human genes for the treatment of schizophrenia.Credit: Mirian Hayashi (EPM-UNIFESP) A group of Brazilian scientists have long conducted…
MBL receives Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Award to fund new imaging scientist
Credit: Anthony Mautino WOODS HOLE, Mass. - Microscopy innovator Abhishek Kumar, Ph.D., has received a national award from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) to join the staff of the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) as a key…
Starving bacteria can eject their tails to save energy and stay alive
Credit: Morgan Beeby When nutrients are dangerously low, a group of bacteria have been found to take the drastic measure of getting rid of their tails. Some bacteria use tails, or flagella, to swim through liquids - including those…
Ejecting flagella could help microbes save energy during nutrient depletion
Credit: Morgan Beeby, [email protected] In favorable conditions, many bacteria propel themselves to food sources and other sites of interest using whip-like molecular propellers known as flagella. However, according to new research…
Nature hits rewind
Research predicts what makes evolution go backwardsCredit: McMaster University HAMILTON, March 19, 2019 - The study of evolution is revealing new complexities, showing how the traits most beneficial to the fitness of individual…
Caterina Strambio De Castillia named Imaging Scientist by Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
New program supports better tools, increased collaboration between optical engineers and biomedical researchersCredit: UMass Medical School The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) has named Caterina Strambio De Castillia, PhD, a CZI…
Study finds natural selection favors cheaters
UC Riverside research focused on interaction between nitrogen-fixing bacteria and their hostsCredit: Sachs lab, UC Riverside Mutualisms, which are interactions between members of different species that benefit both parties, are…
National award for major scientific study of wound care dressings
The University of Huddersfield's Professor Karen Ousey and Dr Nikolaos Georgopoulos teamed with industry partners Perfectus Biomed and Essity to win the Best Clinical or Preclinical Research Award at the 2019 Journal of Wound Care…
Scientists at Kanazawa University have unravelled a link between inflammation and…
Credit: Kanazawa University Severe inflammation in tissues is often associated with the occurrence of cancer. The…