UTSA researcher to study waterways contaminated by Hurricane Harvey…
Credit: Deborah Silliman, UTSA College of Engineering Vikram Kapoor, an assistant professor in The University of Texas at San Antonio...
The mysterious sexual life of the most primitive dragonfly
Credit: Adolfo Cordero-Rivera The dragonfly considered the most primitive in the world lives in Australia and Tasmania, and was believed...
Fiona Watt to receive the 2016 FEBS | EMBO Women in Science Award
Credit: Centre for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine at King's College London Heidelberg, 26 February 2016 – EMBO and FEBS...
Tens of millions of trees in danger from California drought
IMAGE: This image shows progressive water stress on California's forests. Credit: Courtesy of Greg Asner. Washington, DC — California's forests...
After legal-ivory experiment, black markets thrive from greater demand, less risk
To curb the destructive illegal ivory trade, the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) announced in 2008...
Chemistry trick paves way for safer diabetes medication
New research from the University of Copenhagen points to an entirely new approach for designing insulin-based pharmaceuticals. The approach could...
Woodpecker drumming signals wimp or warrior
Credit: WFU/Ken Bennett Animal behavior researchers at Wake Forest University have found that the highly territorial downy woodpecker interprets drumming...
Annual influenza vaccination does not prevent natural immunity
Credit: University of Bergen Earlier studies have suggested that having repeated annual influenza vaccination can prevent natural immunity to the...
SickKids-led project investigates malnutrition in children, liver…
Credit: © 2016 Sargent et al. Malnourished children living in the same household who are given the same food to...
Researchers developing new tool to distinguish between viral,…
Credit: University of Rochester Medical Center Antibiotics are lifesaving drugs, but overuse is leading to one of the world's most...
Diabetic fruit flies may unlock secrets in humans
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USC researchers discover a key difference between mouse and human kidney cells
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Smart physical training in virtual reality
CITEC is funding this large-scale research project with 1.6 million Euro and it will run until 2017. During a project...
New technology helps pinpoint sources of water contamination
Credit: Berkeley Lab When the local water management agency closes your favorite beach due to unhealthy water quality, how reliable...
International efforts needed to save world’s largest mammals,…
A team of conservation biologists is calling for a worldwide strategy to prevent the unthinkable: the extinction of the world's...
These ring-tailed lemurs raise a ‘stink’ when they flirt with potential mates
Credit: Devin Sturgeon A U of T Scarborough study finds that a unique ritual performed by male ring-tailed lemurs may...
Leaving the electrical grid in the Upper Peninsula
Known for snow rather than sun, Michigan's Upper Peninsula could still support a significant network of solar photovoltaic (PV) energy...
New cancer model shows genomic link between early-stage and invasive…
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON — new genetic-based model may explain how a common form of early-stage breast cancer...
New tissue-engineered blood vessel replacements one step closer to human trials
Credit: University of Minnesota Researchers at the University of Minnesota have created a new lab-grown blood vessel replacement that is...
CRISPR gene editing reveals new therapeutic approach for blood disorders
(MEMPHIS, Tenn. – August 15, 2016) An international team of scientists led by researchers at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital...
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