Foot fossil of juvenile hominin exhibits ape-like features
Credit: Zeray Alemseged A rare juvenile foot fossil of our early hominin ancestor, Australopithecus afarensis, exhibits several ape-like foot characteristics...
Test tube artificial neural network recognizes ‘molecular handwriting’
Credit: Olivier Wyart Researchers at Caltech have developed an artificial neural network made out of DNA that can solve a...
Piping plovers want people to get off their lawn
Credit: Daniel Gibson A new study in The Condor: Ornithological Applications presents negative associations between anthropogenic disturbance (human recreational use...
Asian hornet nests found by radio-tracking
Credit: Arnia/Sandra Evans Electronic radio tags could be used to track invasive Asian hornets and stop them colonising the UK...
New study questions when the brown bear became extinct in Britain
New research provides insights into the extinction of Britain's largest native carnivore. The study - 'The Presence of the brown...
A diet rich in nuts improves sperm count and motility
Barcelona, 4 July 2018: The inclusion of nuts in a regular diet significantly improves the quality and function of human...
ZooKeys celebrates 10 years at the forefront of zoological research with issue No. 770
Credit: S Kahlbrock Under the California sun in December, 2007, two entomologists - Prof Lyubomir Penev and Dr Terry Erwin...
Combining antibiotics changes their effectiveness
Credit: Aleksandra Krolik/EMBL The effectiveness of antibiotics can be altered by combining them with each other, non-antibiotic drugs or even...
Brain study paves way for therapy for common cause of dementia
Scientists have uncovered a potential approach to treat one of the commonest causes of dementia and stroke in older people....
Stabilizing endothelial cells could help tackle vascular dementia
Researchers have discovered that stabilizing dysfunctional endothelial cells with approved drugs reverses cellular dysfunction in a rat model of cerebral...
Expanding primary care buprenorphine treatment could curb opioid overdose crisis
Expanding the availability of medication treatment for opioid use disorder in primary care settings would be a major step toward...
New anti-clotting drugs linked to lower risk of serious bleeding
New drugs known as direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) used to treat serious blood clots are associated with reduced risks of...
Children are less likely to be obese if mothers stick to a healthy lifestyle
Children of mothers who follow a healthy lifestyle have a substantially lower risk of developing obesity than children of mothers...
Sleep disorder linked with changes to brain structure typical of dementia
Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is associated with changes to the structure of the brain that are also seen in the...
Pneumococcal DNA predicts course of infection
Pneumococcus (Streptococcus pneumoniae) is an important cause of pneumonia, sepsis and meningitis. This bacterium commonly resides in the nasal cavity....
SATB1 vital for maintenance of hematopoietic stem cells
Credit: Osaka University Blood plays the important role of transporting oxygen and hormones necessary for the human body. Blood contains...
Higher risk of heart defects in babies of mothers with type 1 diabetes
Pregnant women with type 1 diabetes run a higher risk of having babies with heart defects, especially women with high...
Saarland University cooperates with leading Chinese genomics organization BGI
The scientists want to decipher the relevance of such RNAs in neurodegeneration and aging and to establish a lab in...
Invaluable to the medical industry, the horseshoe crab is under threat
Blood from horseshoe crabs is essential for many drug, implant and environmental safety tests - but blood harvesting, together with...
CNIC coordinates a project from the Leducq Foundation
(Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares) A project coordinated by the Carlos III National Center for Cardiovascular Research (CNIC), has been...
