Customized resistance exercise a factor for success with fibromyalgia
Credit: Photo by Stefan Svensson Fibromyalgia and resistance exercise have often been considered an impossible combination. But with proper support...
St. Jude partners with NCI cancer centers with goal of eliminating HPV-related cancers
In keeping with its mission of "finding cures and means of prevention for childhood catastrophic diseases," St. Jude Children's Research...
The marbled crayfish have established themselves in Narva power plant
Credit: Mari-Liis Koemets The dangerous invasive species marbled crayfish has settled well in the water body and developed a significant...
FEFU scientists have created a new type of optical ceramic material
Credit: FEFU laboratory Materials Multilayer YAG/Nd3+:YAG/YAG composite laser ceramics with a high concentration of active additive outclassed the commercial glass...
Cost and scale of field trials for bovine TB vaccine may make them unfeasible
Field trials for a vaccination to protect cattle against bovine tuberculosis (bovine TB) would need to involve 500 herds -...
High vitamin D levels linked to lower cholesterol in children
Credit: Varpu Heiskanen There is a link between higher serum vitamin D levels and lower plasma cholesterol levels in primary...
Pheromone power — Bringing ‘SexyPlant’ back to defy crop pests
Credit: Earlham Institute The project will use a biological method for manufacturing pheromones, which provide a safe and sustainable alternative...
Rescuing historic climate data in the East Asian region
Historic instrumental weather observations are critical in extending our knowledge of past weather and climate and for comparison with paleo-proxy...
Australian lizard scares away predators with ultra-violet tongue
Credit: Shane Black When attacked, bluetongue skinks open their mouth suddenly and as wide as possible to reveal their conspicuously...
Jurassic diet: Why our knowledge of what ancient pterosaurs ate might be wrong
Credit: Credit: Mark P. Witton/CC BY 4.0 One group of extinct animals where our dietary knowledge is lacking are the...
UH Cancer Center partners with nation’s top cancer centers to endorse goal
Nearly 80 million Americans - one out of every four people - are infected with human papillomavirus (HPV). And of...
Men may contribute to infertility through newly discovered part of sperm
Credit: Dan Miller, The University of Toledo Life doesn't begin the way we thought it did. A new study at...
Children can learn ways to significantly reduce salt usage
Credit: DELISH Philadelphia, June 7, 2018 - Consuming excessive salt during childhood is associated with cardiovascular health risk factors, yet...
How much is wildlife tourism affecting the animals it targets?
Credit: Photos copyright Andrew Fox (Fox Shark Research Foundation) A new study in Conservation Physiology, published by Oxford University Press,...
Scientists propose changing the rules of history to avoid environmental collapse
Credit: UCL For the first time in our planet's 4.5 billion-year history a single species, humans, is increasingly dictating its...
Older breast cancer patients in England less likely to survive
Older women diagnosed with breast cancer in England are less likely to survive their disease than those in Belgium, Poland,...
Honeybees prioritize well-fed larvae for emergency queen-rearing
CORVALLIS, Ore. - New research shows that honeybees prioritize the nutritional status of larvae when selecting for a new emergency...
Nutritional quality of fish and squid reduced by warm water events
Credit: Gabriel Machovsky-Capuska Research led by the University of Sydney shows that under warm water events the nutritional balance of...
Monkeys eat fats and carbs to keep warm
Credit: David Raubenheimer University of Sydney researchers have found monkeys living in the wild in cold snowy habitats adjust their...
Synthetic cannabis (‘spice’, ‘k2’) use may boost stroke risk in young users
The warning follows their treatment of a 25 year old prison inmate who had no family history of heart disease...
