A potential breeding site of a Miocene era baleen whale
Credit: Nobumichi Tamura Baleen whales are amongst the largest animals to have ever lived and yet very little is known ...
Month: February 2018
First breath shapes the lung’s immune system
Credit: CeMM/Simona Saluzzo (Vienna, February 21, 2017) The lung is an important interface between the body and the outside environment: ...
Fanged friends: World’s most vilified and dangerous animals may…
Credit: Julie Larsen Maher/WCS NEW YORK (January 18, 2018) – An international review led by the University of Queensland and ...
Chemists create molecular ‘leaf’ that collects and stores solar power without…
Credit: Ben Noffke and Richard Schaugaard, Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — An international team of scientists led by Liang-shi Li ...
Combining techniques provides new insight into bird migration
IMAGE: This barn swallow has been fitted with a geolocator, a device that will record its movements as it migrates ...
Kansas State University agronomist Vara Prasad selected as AAAS fellow
Credit: Kansas State University MANHATTAN, KANSAS — The American Association for the Advancement of Science is honoring Vara Prasad, Kansas ...
Thyroid cancer biomarker assays may show inaccurate readings
Protein biomarkers are used to test for cancer before and after surgeries to remove tumors. To test thyroid malignancy, many ...
World first porous acupuncture needles enhance therapeutic properties
Credit: DGIST A DGIST research team led by Professor Su-Il In, who developed acupuncture needles combined with nanotechnology, was recognized ...
Likely new treatment target identified for diabetic retinopathy
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Oct. 9, 2017) – In oxygen-compromising conditions like diabetes, the body ...
New tool puts a consistent value on experts’ uncertainty on…
Science can flourish when experts disagree, but in the governmental realm uncertainty can lead to inadequate policy and preparedness. When ...
Combined count data reveals shifts in hawks’ migratory behavior
Credit: Neil Paprocki, HawkWatch International Bird species' distributions and migratory behavior are shifting in response to changes in climate and ...
Strange ‘chimeras’ defy science’s understanding of human genetics
Credit: UVA Health System The human genome is far more complex than thought, with genes functioning in an unexpected fashion ...
Fitbit-style prosthetics? Navy developing ‘smart’ artificial limbs
Credit: Joseph Xu/Senior Multimedia Content Producer, University of Michigan – College of Engineering ARLINGTON, Va.–Traditional leg prosthetics enable amputees to ...
Discovery of a facile process for H2 production using ammonia as a…
Credit: Oita University Hydrogen (H2) has attracted considerable attention as a clean energy source because the only by-product of its ...
A stinging report: FSU reserach shows climate change a major threat to…
Credit: Jane Ogilvie TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — New research from a team of Florida State University scientists and their collaborators is ...
Large-scale approach reveals imperfect actor in plant biotechnology
Credit: Steven Lee/Whitehead Institute Cambridge, MA. (Nov. 27) – A research team led by Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research has ...
UTMB researchers protect against lethal Ebola Sudan infection four days after infection
Researchers at The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, in collaboration with Arbutus Biopharma Corporation, have protected nonhuman primates ...
Otters learn by copying each other
Otters can learn how to solve puzzles by watching and copying each other, new research shows.Scientists created a series of ...
The chem-hiss-try of snake venom (video)
WASHINGTON, April 19, 2016 — We know poisonous snakes are dangerous, but what exactly makes venom so powerful? Evolutionary biology ...
Why fish intake by pregnant women improves the growth of a child’s brain
IMAGE: Dietary lipid contains fatty acids such as omega-6 and omega-3, which are essential nutrients for many animals and humans. ...
