Homing pigeons use local natural odors to find their way
Homing pigeons use familiar smells to navigate their way across hundreds of kilometers of unfamiliar territory. Researchers have now confirmed ...
Month: July 2018
University researchers discover new species of venomous snake
Credit: Dr. Freek Vonk Researchers at Swansea University's College of Science are part of an international team that has discovered ...
Manure slipping through (soil) cracks
Credit: Genevieve Ali Add just enough fertilizer, and crops thrive. Add too much, and you may end up with contaminated ...
This cat-borne parasite might just make you more entrepreneurial
Infection from the globally prevalent parasite Toxoplasma gondii may increase a person's likelihood of pursuing entrepreneurial and business-related activities, new ...
The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research announces grant to New York Genome Center
NEW YORK, NY -- This week, The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research announced a $1M grant to the New York ...
New evidence supports radical treatment of widespread form of malaria
Darwin, Australia: A team of malaria experts from a large international research collaboration has published results supporting the need for ...
‘All-star’ team of molecules could be key to improving cancer therapy
A team of tiny molecules that work together to make cancer cells less aggressive has been discovered by Australian researchers. ...
Faulty cytoskeleton impairs immune cells
Credit: Loïc Dupré & Javier Rey-Barroso (Vienna, July 25, 2018) In order to move, a body needs a strong scaffold. ...
Creating ‘synthetic’ fossils in the lab sheds light on fossilization processes
Credit: Fossil lizard images courtesy of Nicholas Edwards and Wang Yuan. A newly published experimental protocol, involving University of Bristol ...
A new catalyst for water splitting that is the best of both worlds
Taking water and ripping it apart into hydrogen and oxygen could form the basis of artificial photosynthetic devices that could ...
The hidden hazards of antibiotic resistance genes in air
People are often notified about poor air quality by weather apps, and this happens frequently in urban areas, where levels ...
Easy-Bake fossils
It takes a long time to make a fossil. The fossilized dinosaur bones you see in museums spent tens of ...
Among golden-crowned sparrows, a false crown only fools strangers
Credit: Bruce Lyon Scientists studying winter flocks of golden-crowned sparrows at the UC Santa Cruz Arboretum have discovered surprisingly complex ...
Fish body shape holds key to make fishery management cheaper, easier
Credit: International League of Conservation Photographers/Claudio Contreras-Koob A simple body-shape analysis can reveal what part of the ocean a fish ...
New target is an apparent triple threat to pneumonia
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (July 25, 2018) - Severe pneumonia causes a buildup of fluid ...
First center for female reproductive longevity and equality created at the Buck Institute
The Buck Institute announced today that it is establishing the world's first Center for Female Reproductive Longevity and Equality. A ...
Treatments for cancer and sickle cell disease deplete germ cells in young boys
Credit: Dr. Jan-Bernd Stukenborg, Karolinska Institutet and University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden Scientists have discovered that some treatments for cancer and ...
Next generation ALS drug silences inherited form of the disease in animal models
Credit: Courtesy of NIH/NINDS. NIH-funded researchers delayed signs of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in rodents by injecting them with a ...
UCalgary researchers discover why sepsis from a staph infection causes organ failure
Credit: Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases, Cumming School of Medicine For patients diagnosed with a Staphylococcus aureus infection, often referred ...
All thyroid cancers are not ‘created equal’– avoiding unnecessary or ‘excessive’ treatment
More Americans are being diagnosed with thyroid cancer than ever before--over the past 25 years its incidence has tripled. This ...
