Rainy weather predicts bird distribution — but climate change could disrupt it
Credit: M. MacPherson Understanding what environmental cues birds use to time their annual migrations and decide where to settle is...
If you build it, the birds will come — if it meets their criteria
Credit: A. Fisher A study published in The Condor: Ornithological Applications presents a case study on how bird surveys can...
Eating bone marrow played a key role in the evolution of the human hand
Credit: Erin Marie Williams-Hatala The strength required to access the high calorie content of bone marrow may have played a...
Treelines and beyond
Across the boreal zone the altitudinal treeline ecotone shares many plant and animal species. It can be one of the...
Leading sustainability experts call for more efficient approach to deliver UN goals
Dozens of global sustainability experts and stakeholders have called for urgent action to exploit the connections between goals designed to...
The highly complex sugarcane genome has finally been sequenced
Credit: R. Carayol CIRAD and its partners* had to use cunning to establish the first sugarcane reference sequence. The plant's...
Gastrointestinal flora — the culprit for severe lung damage after blood transfusion
Credit: Tove Smeds Knowledge that the gastrointestinal flora affects both healthy physiological processes and various disease mechanisms has increased in...
A study points to new therapeutic targets for tumors associated with chronic inflammation
Credit: Author: Catrin Youssif, IRB Barcelona. Scientists headed by ICREA researcher Angel R. Nebreda at the Institute for Research in...
Enzyme discovery could help in fight against TB
Credit: University of Warwick Research by a team led by Dr Elizabeth Fullam, has revealed new findings about an enzyme...
Success of conservation efforts for important Caribbean Reef fish hinges on climate change
Credit: Photo by Alfredo Barroso. For more than 20 years, conservationists have been working to protect one of the most...
Footwear habits influence child and adolescent motor skill development
New research finds that children and adolescents who spend most of their time barefoot develop motor skills differently from those...
Researchers design delivery system to treat premature infants with NEC
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Most of the time, we think biofilms are bad news. And when pathogenic microbes form biofilms, they...
Study raises concern about flame-retardant metabolites in bald eagles
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Scientists have raised concerns for decades about toxic chemicals in the environment that accumulate in the tissues...
Breakthrough in construction of computers for mimicking human brain
A computer built to mimic the brain's neural networks produces similar results to that of the best brain-simulation supercomputer software...
Research shows pesticides influence bee learning and memory
A large-scale study published by researchers from Royal Holloway University of London has drawn together the findings of a decade...
Postmenopausal smokers now have one less excuse not to quit
CLEVELAND, Ohio (July 11, 2018)--Smokers give lots of reasons for not quitting smoking, with fear of weight gain ranking as...
How a Mediterranean diet could reduce osteoporosis
Eating a Mediterranean-type diet could reduce bone loss in people with osteoporosis - according to new research from the University...
Measuring the effects of drugs on cancer cells
A new approach established at the University of Zurich sheds light on the effects of anti-cancer drugs and the defense...
Most black adults have high blood pressure before age 55
DALLAS, July 11, 2018 -- Approximately 75 percent of black and men women are likely to develop high blood pressure...
New gears in your sleep clock
Credit: Kyoto University / Jean-Michel Fustin Kyoto, Japan -- A long-studied factor controlling human sleep cycles actually has two forms,...
