Local extinction of Southern California mountain lions possible within 50 years
Conservation strategies focused on connectivity and coexistence could helpCredit: Johanna Turner Two isolated mountain lion populations in southern California's Santa...
Pollutants, pathogens could team up to make us sick
Many people view pollutants and pathogens as separate causes of illness. However, recent research indicates that the two can interact,...
Conflict in space doesn’t always look like ‘Star Wars’
War in SpaceCredit: Springer Nature Switzerland AG Imagine driving on an unfamiliar route and suddenly your GPS navigation cuts out....
Fish-inspired material changes color using nanocolumns
Credit: Zhiren Luo, NC State University Inspired by the flashing colors of the neon tetra fish, researchers have developed a...
Ant larvae fight the offspring of parasitic queens
In certain ant species, queens invade the colonies of other species, kill the host queen or queens and lay their...
Active substance from plant slows down aggressive eye cancer
Researchers at the Universities of Magdeburg and Bonn are testing a substance from the leaves of the coralberryCredit: Photo: Volker...
Novel sensor system improves reliability of high-temperature humidity measurements
Hannover MesseCredit: Photo credit: Oliver Dietze A new sensor system developed in Saarbrücken, Germany can not only carefully control drying...
Children grow in a different way, scientists demonstrate
The discovery may suggest new methods of growth disorder treatment in children An international group of scientists under the supervision...
Early discharge after lung surgery benefits patients without raising readmission risk
PHILADELPHIA -- When hospitals implement programs to optimize patients' recovery from surgery, healthcare costs fall and patients show improved outcomes....
Want in on nanotechnology? Capitalize on collaborative environments
New study shows that partnerships could assist successful technology transfer and possibly, breakthroughs in innovationCredit: Raphael Zingg (Waseda University) and...
Gut instinct: Bile acid-triggered bacterial adaptation characterized
Researchers at Osaka University and international colleagues show how a system triggered by the recognition of bile acids enables bacteria...
New measurement method for radioactive methane
Credit: Anu Vallinkoski The method developed by Juho Karhu in his PhD thesis work at the University Helsinki, is a...
Breakthrough in fight against plant diseases
Credit: La Trobe University A global research team including scientists from La Trobe University have identified specific locations within plants'...
GRAPES-3 muon telescope discovers record 1.3 gigavolt potential in a thundercloud
Credit: Pranay Godawat/ GRAPES-3 experiment Thunderstorms are a spectacular manifestation of electrical discharges of thunderclouds, and have fascinated humans through...
Researchers shed new light on the origins of modern humans
The work, published in Nature, confirms a dispersal of Homo sapiens from southern to eastern Africa immediately preceded the out-of-Africa...
How fluid viscosity affects earthquake intensity
A young researcher at EPFL has demonstrated that the viscosity of fluids present in faults has a direct effect on...
CRISPR/Cas libraries open new avenues in cancer research
Innovative methods lead to foundation of start-up Vivlion GmbHCredit: Uwe Dettmar Unfortunately, however, creation of libraries containing high numbers of...
FDA approves ZULRESSO (brexanolone) injection for postpartum depression
ZULRESSO, developed by Sage Therapeutics, is the first and only treatment specifically indicated to treat postpartum depression in women; UNC...
Francoise Mornex is first female recipient of Heine H. Hansen Award [ELCC press release]
ELCC 2019 (European Lung Cancer Congress), 10-13 April, Geneva, SwitzerlandCredit: ©European Society for Medical Oncology Lugano, Switzerland, 20 March 2019...
Baby step towards breath-testing for gut disorders
Trials to analyze digestion enzyme in children's breathCredit: Flinders University Small children may one day avoid invasive, painful and often...
