Neonics are being ingested by free-ranging animals, U of G study finds
Credit: University of Guelph Health impacts of neonicotinoids may go well beyond bees, according to a new University of Guelph ...
Established medications combat lung cancer tumor growth
Credit: biolution GmbH 2018 Two research groups have discovered that the growth of an intractable type of lung cancer in ...
Biologists discover how pancreatic tumors lead to weight loss
CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Patients with pancreatic cancer usually experience significant weight loss, which can begin very early in the disease. ...
Heated dilemmas
As hurricane season commences on the East Coast and the West Coast heads into fire season, there's no time like ...
Cooler computing through statistical physics?
In the space inside a computer chip, where electricity becomes information, there's a scientific frontier. The same frontier can be ...
Fossils show ancient primates had grooming claws as well as nails
Credit: Florida Museum photo by Kristen Grace Humans and other primates are outliers among mammals for having nails instead of ...
Dogs understand what’s written all over your face
Dogs are capable of understanding the emotions behind an expression on a human face. For example, if a dog turns ...
People who feel threatened by vegetarianism more likely to care less about animals
New research suggests that if people perceive the rise of vegetarianism as a threat to their way of life they ...
Rethinking recycling
Recycling plastic water bottles has never been more convenient, with bins available almost everywhere. Although Americans are recycling in record ...
Key molecule of aging discovered
Every cell and every organism ages sooner or later. But why is this so? Scientists at the German Cancer Research ...
Fetal T cells are first responders to infection in adults
ITHACA, N.Y. - Cornell University researchers have discovered there is a division of labor among immune cells that fight invading ...
University of Louisville launches the Envirome Institute with $5 million gift
Credit: University of Louisville LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The University of Louisville today announced the first multimillion dollar gift of President ...
Focusing on next 10 years could lead to better use of recommendations for cancer screening
When the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) changed their recommendation ...
Study confirms beetles exploit warm winters to expand range
Credit: LANL LOS ALAMOS, N.M., June 19, 2018--A new study by Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists and colleagues confirms that ...
Miniaturized infrared cameras take colored photos of the eye
Credit: Jun Ohta Look into one's eye and you might be able to see their soul. Or at least you ...
Competition for space: Oncogenic mutant cells vs normal cells
Credit: Osaka University Cells in multicellular tissues adhere to each other. Epithelial tissues on the surface layer of the intestines ...
New theory deepens understanding of Turing patterns in biology
Credit: IMAGE - Xavier Diego, EMBL A team of researchers at EMBL have expanded Alan Turing's seminal theory on how ...
Hearing tests on wild whales
Credit: Photo by Alaska Department of Fish and Game Scientists published the first hearing tests on a wild population of ...
Forgetting may help improve memory and learning
(Madison, Wis.) June 20, 2018--Forgetting names, skills or information learned in class is often thought of as purely negative. However ...
Encrypted messages in biological processes
Credit: Ulf Andersson Vang Ørom RNA modifications can encrypt the RNA code and are responsible for a very sophisticated control ...
