Pseudohermaphrodite snails can help to access how polluted the Arctic seas are
Credit: Ivan Nekhaev, a postdoc at St Petersburg University Ivan Nekhaev, a postdoc at St Petersburg University, studied snails of...
International collaboration aims to predict life-threatening reaction to heparin treatment
Credit: UAHS BioCommunications TUCSON, Ariz. - Each year, as many as 12 million hospitalized patients -- one-third of all individuals...
Climate change has long-term impact on species adaptability
Historic climate change events can have a lasting impact on the genetic diversity of a species, reveals a new study...
New coalition to bolster fight against ticks and mosquitoes
Stakeholder group will channel collective action for national vector-borne disease strategyCredit: (Tick) Scott Bauer, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bugwood.org; (Mosquito)...
Russian scientists make discovery that can help remove gypsy moths from forests
Credit: Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University The caterpillars of Lymantria dispar or Gypsy Moth are voracious eaters capable of defoliating...
Size is everything
Ecologist Prof. Ulrich Brose of Friedrich Schiller University Jena and of the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) has...
Sex sells: how masculinity is used as currency to buy sperm donors’ time
UK and Australian sperm banks use masculine archetypes to attract donors Sperm banks in the United Kingdom and Australia use...
Artificial intelligence system spots lung cancer before radiologists
Google and Northwestern scientists show precision of new deep learning system to predict lung cancer Lung cancer is most common...
DFG approves new research training group investigating the evolution of gene regulation
The new Research Training Group 'Gene Regulation in Evolution: From Molecular to Extended Phenotypes' gives a boost to Mainz University...
Estonian scientists took a big step forward in studying a widespread gynecological disease
Endometriosis is a women's disease that affects 10-15% of all reproductive-aged women. Although no cure has been found for the...
Progress to restore movement in people with neuromotor disabilities
A study published in the journal Neural Computation involving Núria Armengol, a biomedical engineer at UPF, further to her bachelor's...
Zebrafish help researchers explore alternatives to bone marrow donation
UC San Diego researchers discover new role for epidermal growth factor receptor in blood stem cell development, a crucial key...
Infant deaths highlight danger of misusing car seats, other sitting devices
Researchers: Car seats are essential for safety but must be used as directedCredit: UVA Health System Car safety seats are...
Pitt to lead creation of global, cloud-based data system for infectious diseases
Credit: Brian Cohen/Pitt PITTSBURGH, May 20, 2019 - Backed by a five-year, $6.7 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant,...
New measurement device: Carbon dioxide as geothermometer
Researchers quantify rare CO2 variants using laser spectroscopyCredit: Figure: I. Prokhorov For the first time it is possible to measure,...
Computer program designed to calculate the economic impact of forest fires
Credit: Universidad de Córdoba High temperatures and low humidity. Summer is approaching and, with it, the fire danger fire season....
Withering away: How viral infection leads to cachexia
Cachexia is a multifactorial syndrome that occurs in patients suffering from chronic infections such as HIV, tuberculosis and malaria. In...
MIT and US Air Force sign agreement to launch AI Accelerator
New program will focus on rapid deployment of artificial intelligence innovations in operations, disaster response, and medical readiness. MIT and...
New method simplifies the search for protein receptor complexes, speeding drug development
Credit: Troye Fox For a drug to intervene in cells or entire organs that are not behaving normally it must...
SABER tech gives DNA and RNA visualization a boost
New DNA-nanotechnology-based method enhances nucleic acid analysis in cells and tissues, enabling parallel detection of many targets with high sensitivity...
