The first scientific expedition to Panama’s unexplored Cordillera de Coiba sets sail
Last year, Panama expanded the Cordillera de Coiba marine protected area from 17,223 to 67,908 square kilometers (6,650 to 26,219 square...
Viruses in the gut may warn of a deadly disease in preterm infants
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Wireless device to provide new options for colorectal cancer treatment
For those diagnosed with colorectal cancer, surgery has been the only option that offers a solution. Unfortunately, surgery is frequently...
Top thought leaders tackle health care inequities in population health management
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Death in darkness: a new type of cell death discovered in fly guts
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Researchers awarded $2.85 million NIH grant to study new technique assessing cerebrospinal fluid in babies with hydrocephalus
A five-year, $2.85 million grant to use novel technology to study babies with hydrocephalus has been awarded to a team...
Airport malaria: Rare but with possible serious implications
Malaria is mainly a travel-associated infection in Belgium where between 2016 and 2019, 327 to 420 cases were reported annually...
New research harnesses the power of movement
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Study: Economic burden of PTSD `staggering’
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Meat consumption must fall by at least 75 percent
Every EU citizen consumes around 80 kilograms of meat per year. But every juicy steak, every delicious sausage has a...
First-of-its-kind study compares domestic violence programs, finds promising results
AMES, IA – A new study from Iowa State University found men convicted of domestic violence were charged with significantly...
An easier way to teach robots new skills
With e-commerce orders pouring in, a warehouse robot picks mugs off a shelf and places them into boxes for shipping....
Zircons (and the secrets they hold) are forever
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These male spiders catapult at impressive speeds to flee their mates before they get eaten
After males of the orb-weaving spider Philoponella prominens mate with a female, they quickly launch themselves away, researchers report on...
An international consortium, led by IRB Barcelona and the biotechnology company Merus, reports the discovery of MCLA-158, the first clinical candidate screened in organoids targeting cancer stem cells of solid tumors
Barcelona, 25 April 2022- Scientists from an international consortium led by Dr. Eduard Batlle, head of the Colorectal Cancer laboratory...
A new era of mitochondrial genome editing has begun
Researchers from the Center for Genome Engineering within the Institute for Basic Science developed a new gene-editing platform called transcription...
Omicron prompted spike in COVID cases in pregnant women, but fewer hospitalizations
Women who were pregnant during the recent Omicron surge were diagnosed with COVID-19 at a much higher rate than during...
Scientists have discovered how bloodworms make their unique copper teeth
Bloodworms are known for their unusual fang-like jaws, which are made of protein, melanin, and concentrations of copper not found...
Hydrothermal catering
Hydrothermal vents in the deep sea are well-known oases of life. Many living creatures thrive there, benefiting from the nutrient-rich...
Can rude behavior mask sexism? UTD professor’s study says yes
Being rude to everyone can hide sexism, according to a recent analysis from a researcher at The University of Texas...
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