Heritage turkey production research profitable but more difficult
Credit: Penn State To meet increasing consumer demand for heritage-breed turkeys to be the centerpiece of holiday and other meals,...
Iberian Peninsula rodents migrated due to climate change 12 million years ago
Credit: Oscar Sanisidro (Vertebrate Paleontology. Biodiversitiy Institute, University of Kansas) The oldest studied rodent fauna in this work, which inhabited...
Save the Vaquita Day marked by bold, coordinated efforts to save the…
Credit: VaquitaCPR The world is marking International Save the Vaquita Day on July 8 by supporting VaquitaCPR's ambitious, emergency plan...
Study: Patients benefit from one-on-one PT education before joint replacement
Credit: Hospital for Special Surgery A study at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) finds that patients benefit from a one-on-one...
In mice, acting male depends on estrogen receptors
Credit: Tollkuhn Lab, CSHL Cold Spring Harbor, NY – Researchers at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) have opened a black...
How parents divide their duties
Credit: Martin Bulla Parents need to synchronize the care for their offspring. This leads to extreme and unexpected diversity in...
New study gives weight to Darwin’s theory of ‘living…
Credit: Tom Stubbs/ University of Bristol A team of researchers from the University of Bristol studying the 'living fossil' Sphenodon...
Urologists voice concerns about Opioid dependence in postoperative patients
Credit: Gopal N. Gupta, Loyola University Medical Center New York, NY, Oct. 25, 2017 – Drug overdose was the leading...
The reasons for our left or right-handedness
Credit: RUB, Marquard A preference for the left or the right hand might be traced back to that asymmetry. "These...
McGill research team studies how calcium compounds accumulate in the arteries
Credit: The Canadian Light Source (CLS) A team of researchers from McGill University has advanced the scientific understanding of abnormal...
Multi-institutional collaboration uncovers how molecular machines…
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA–(December 1, 2016) Ribosomes–macromolecular machines consisting of RNA and proteins that twist, fold and turn–are responsible...
Altitude training for cancer-fighting cells
Credit: Weizmann Institute of Science Mountain climbers and endurance athletes are not the only ones to benefit from altitude training...
The new yellow sea snake assumes an unusual ambush posture
Credit: Brooke L. Bessesen Carrying its petite frame and all-yellow skin, the recently scrutinized sea snake populations from Golfo Dulce,...
Dream team selected to tackle one of cancer’s deadliest forms:…
BOSTON — The Stand Up To Cancer-Cancer Research UK-Lustgarten Foundation Dream Team of top cancer researchers from the United States...
Helping EU cities and regions cut carbon emissions
Credit: Graphic: NTNU Industrial Ecology Programme/ Environmental Research Letters In 1915, a Scottish town planner and social activist named Patrick...
Humans can empathize with robots
Empathy is a basic human ability. We often feel empathy toward and console others in distress. Is it possible for...
On the path to controlled gene therapy
The ability to switch disease-causing genes on and off remains a dream for many physicians, research scientists and patients. Research...
Synthetic heart valves could help surgeons improve surgical skills
Credit: UBC A UBC invention has made it possible for doctors to vastly improve their bypass surgery techniques without relying...
Brain scientists at TU Dresden examine brain networks during short-term task learning
Credit: Holger Mohr et al. This works especially efficient when we are guided by explicit instructions. A team of researchers...
Research reveals potential target for alcohol liver disease
Credit: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center BOSTON – Drinking too much alcohol can damage the liver, but investigators have discovered...
