The only way is up: Trees help reptiles thrive
James Cook University researchers in Queensland say if graziers leave trees in place on their land all types of reptiles ...
Month: August 2017
NIH to host workshop on advances, future needs in human microbiome research
What: Microbes inhabit just about every part of the human body outnumbering human cells by ten to one. The ten-year, ...
Plants love microbes — and so do farmers
Credit: Lui Weber The Australian Sunshine Coast's plant diversity has helped University of Queensland researchers confirm that nurture has the ...
The cost of malnutrition: Study shows nutrition program could save hospitals up to $3,800 per patient
1 in 3 people enter a hospital malnourished or at-risk of malnutrition 1-2 Four Chicago area hospitals showed early nutrition ...
Scientists unlock planthoppers’ role in rice stripe virus reproduction
Credit: IOZ Recently, researchers from the Institute of Zoology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have discovered how a severe ...
Chimpanzees learn rock-paper-scissors
Chimpanzees of all ages and all sexes can learn the simple circular relationship between the three different hand signals used ...
Researchers find the genes responsible for motor and vocal tics in children
Credit: MIPT's Press Office An international research team including Vasiliy Ramensky, a member of the MIPT Life Sciences Center, has ...
New insight into how immune cells are formed
In contrast to what has been previously believed, development of blood stem cells to mast cells, a type of specialised ...
Cellular transport routes
Credit: Erika Isono, University of Konstanz Unlike many other organisms, plants can't simply run away from environmental conditions that change ...
Blocking pathogens in rice
Credit: Wolf B. Frommer What is known as "rice blight" is a dreaded plant disease that endan-gers rice harvests throughout ...
Yoda bat gets happy: New species officially recognized
An unusual breed of fruit bat -- previously nicknamed 'Yoda' due to its resemblance to the Star Wars Jedi Master ...
HSE researchers use neural networks for odor recognition
Researchers from the HSE Laboratory of Space Research, Technologies, Systems and Processes have applied fast-learning artificial intelligence to odour recognition ...
Sanford Burnham Prebys and Mayo Clinic collaborators awarded multi-year NIH grant
Credit: SBP Orlando, FL, Aug. 10, 2017 - A team of researchers at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP) ...
Marine noise pollution stresses and confuses fish
Researchers at Newcastle University (UK) found that European sea bass experienced higher stress levels when exposed to the types of ...
For bacteria that cheat, food is at the forefront
CORVALLIS, Ore. - If you've got plenty of burgers and beers on hand and your own stomach is full, an ...
Consistent backswing crucial in helping sportspeople produce optimum results
Golfers wanting to shoot below par or tennis players looking to smash their way past opponents should focus on their ...
Rotavirus vaccines continue to reduce diarrhea hospitalizations, medical costs in US kids
Following the introduction of routine childhood vaccination against rotavirus, a common cause of diarrheal illness, more than 380,000 children avoided ...
DNA sequencing tools lack robust protections against cybersecurity risks
Credit: Dennis Wise/University of Washington Rapid improvement in DNA sequencing has sparked a proliferation of medical and genetic tests that ...
Efforts to reduce pollution from agriculture paying off slowly
Efforts by farmers to reduce the amount of fertilizer that reaches drinking water sources can take years to have a ...
Latest research on osteoporosis and bone health at ASBMR 2017 Annual Meeting – Sept. 8-11, Denver
With declines in testing, diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis patients at high risk for fracture, there is an ever growing ...
