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Credit: Virginia Institute of Marine Science. An annual model-based report on "dead-zone" conditions in the Chesapeake Bay during 2018 indicates...

Antibiotic explorers

Credit: None We know that antibiotics treat bacterial infections. We also know why they work. Tetracycline antibiotics, for example, stop...

Serotonin neurons contribute to fail-safe mechanism that ensures recovery from interrupted breathing

Credit: Dymecki lab/Harvard Medical School Scientists trying to identify the roots of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), the leading cause...

Hospitals differ widely in providing safe vaginal delivery after cesarean

Despite the conventional belief that for women giving birth "once a cesarean always a cesarean," vaginal delivery after cesarean --...

Stress can impair memory, reduce brain size in middle age, study finds

SAN ANTONIO--Adults in their 40s and 50s with higher levels of cortisol--a hormone linked to stress--performed worse on memory and...

Neurology: Space travel alters the brain

Spending long periods in space not only leads to muscle atrophy and reductions in bone density, it also has lasting...

New study shows advertizing for alcohol is prevalent in UK television

A new study in the Journal of Public Health indicates that advertising for alcohol is common in British television, and...

Rewilding landscapes can help to solve more than one problem

Credit: Staffan Widstrand/Rewilding Europe Urbanisation, biodiversity loss, climate change: just some of the worldwide problems 'rewilding' - i.e. restoring food...

How to mass produce cell-sized robots

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Tiny robots no bigger than a cell could be mass-produced using a new method developed by researchers...

Perot Museum leaders, paleoanthropologist Lee Berger unveil dinaledi virtual reality App

Credit: Photo by Elen Feuerriegel DALLAS (Oct. 23, 2018) - Ever wondered what it's like to delve deep within a...

Nitrogen study casts doubt on ability of plants to continue absorbing same amounts of CO2

A new study casts doubt as to whether plants will continue to absorb as much carbon dioxide in the future...

An NJIT vision therapy team wins ‘most innovative’ in worldwide VR competition

Credit: NJIT An NJIT-led team of engineers, game designers, artists and clinicians won two major international awards for its vision...

6.4 million Euros for research into the birth of agriculture in Europe

Credit: © University of Bern, Video: Marco Hostettler The lakes in the north of Greece and in the south of...

Motley crews of bacteria cleanse water at huge oceanic Georgia Aquarium exhibit

Credit: Georgia Tech / Maxwell Guberman / Brice Zimmerman / Georgia Aquarium Sea creatures need to go to the bathroom,...

First-ever atlas of big-game migrations published

Credit: Travis Zaffarano, Wyoming Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit The first-ever atlas of ungulate migration was released this week,...

Study explores infant body position and learning

Credit: J. Franchak, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. - A developmental psychologist at the University of California, Riverside, has completed a...

Racial differences in colorectal cancer incidence not due to biology

INDIANAPOLIS - A systematic review and meta-analysis from the Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University School of Medicine has found that,...

Biomarker blood test confirms remission in patients with HPV+ oral cancer

SAN ANTONIO, October 23, 2018 -- A highly sensitive blood test that detects minute traces of cancer-specific DNA has been...

Genomic analysis helps in discovery of unusual new bird species from Indonesia

Credit: Philippe Verbelen A joint research team from the National University of Singapore (NUS) and Indonesian Institute of Science has...

Boosting research excellence: nature-based solutions for sustainable development in Malta