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Credit: Adrian Glover, Thomas Dahlgren, Helena Wiklund Scientists working in the new frontier for deep-sea mining have revealed a remarkable...

New ichthyosaur species, long gone, found in a storeroom

Credit: The University of Nottingham A new species of ichthyosaur has been identified from a fossil that has been in...

Researchers map the illegal use of natural resources in the protected Brazilian Amazon

(PeerJ) New research published in the open access peer-reviewed journal PeerJ uses law enforcement data collected from 2010 to 2015...

Common acid reflux medications promote chronic liver disease

Credit: UC San Diego Health Approximately 10 percent of the general population take a proton pump inhibitor (PPI) drug to...

Little growth observed in India’s methane emissions

Methane is the second most powerful greenhouse gas and concentrations are rising in the atmosphere. Because of its potency and...

Liquid biopsy may be new way to detect liver cancer earlier, easier

An international team of researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Moores Cancer Center, with colleagues...

Women who undergo aggressive surgery for breast cancer may miss more work

A new study reveals that patients with breast cancer who received more aggressive treatments were more likely to experience disruptions...

Study finds double mastectomy tied to more missed work

(Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan) As more breast cancer patients are choosing to remove both breasts, researchers examine the...

Birds reveal the importance of good neighbors for health and aging

Credit: Sjouke Anne Kingma Birds who live next door to family members or to other birds they know well are...

Singapore’s first robot masseuse ‘EMMA’ starts work

Credit: NTU Singapore A robot masseuse has started work in Singapore today. Named Emma, short for Expert Manipulative Massage Automation,...

Type 1 diabetes and the microbiota: MAIT cells as biomarkers and new therapeutic targets

Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an autoimmune disease that develops when the immune system attacks beta cells in the pancreas....

Insight into our 50-plus lifespan still evolving, genetic study shows

It is an evolutionary riddle that has long puzzled scientists ... now the quest to find out why we live...

Molecular basis for memory and learning

October 2017. Learning and memory are two important functions of the brain that are based on the brain's plasticity. Scientists...

Research IDs key factors that help women ex-convicts avoid recidivism

New research identifies four factors that help women ex-convicts avoid committing crimes, offering insights that can be used to help...

Gene drives have the potential to suppress mosquito populations, but resistant mosquitoes crop up

Credit: NIAID, Flickr, CC BY Researchers successfully built a gene drive to reduce female fertility in the mosquito that spreads...

Computer program detects differences between human cells

"How many different cell types are there in a human body? And how do these differences develop? Nobody really knows,"...

Study warns of pumpkin-colored zombies

Credit: Copyright D. Johnson/VIMS. Just in time for Halloween, a new study reveals that pumpkin-colored zombies may be running rampant...

Calorie postings on menus cause more health mentions in online restaurant reviews

Key Takeaway: In 2008 New York City introduced a rule mandating calorie postings for chain restaurants that was intended to...

Clear lakes disguise impaired water quality

Credit: John A. Downing Looks can be deceiving. Look at a hundred lakes in the agricultural heartland of the United...

What soot-covered, hundred-year-old birds can tell us about saving the environment