Exercise DVDs could be psychologically harmful for users, new OSU…
IMAGE: Brad Cardinal is a professor of kinesiology at Oregon State University. Credit: Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. – Using...
Mechanism of aging recovery for progeria patients revealed
Credit: DGIST DGIST's research team has identified a mechanism that can recover the aging of patients with Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome...
Competing for blood: How ecologists are solving infectious disease mysteries
Credit: Illustration by Matilda Luk/Office of Communications/Princeton University A study released today from an international team of researchers shines new...
Newly found, ‘thrifty’ genetic variant influences Samoan obesity
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The Samoas' world-leading rate of obesity is a recent phenomenon, heavily influenced by the globe's rapid shift...
Engineers develop tools to share power from renewable energy sources…
Credit: University of California San Diego If you think you can use the solar panels on your roof to power...
What happens when people are treated like pollution?
Credit: ©Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, October 25, 2016–In cities where homeless persons are viewed as an...
Citizen scientists rewarded by having new slug species named after them
Credit: Tatiana Korshunova, NTNU Folks at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology's University Museum in Trondheim seem to be...
Study reveals genetic basis of quantitative traits and diseases in Japanese
Credit: Osaka University Osaka – Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) are an emerging method for scientists to identify genes involved in...
$3.6 million to fund personalized 3-D brain maps to guide neurosurgeries
Credit: Timothy Mitchell and Eric Young Removing a brain tumor requires walking a fine line: Remove too little, and the...
Once a lesbian always a lesbian, right? Or not?
CLEVELAND, Ohio (October 11, 2017) – Are people’s sexual attractions likely to change as they age? That’s the question at...
Cooking temperature may hold clues to heart disease rates, scientists say
Food cooked at high heat may carry toxic chemicals that raise risk of heart disease, researchers have warned. Cooking at...
How China can ramp up wind power
China has an opportunity to massively increase its use of wind power — if it properly integrates wind into its...
We’ve got tapeworms and scabies! And reproducible research
Two new research papers on scabies and tapeworms published today in the Open Access journal GigaScience also include a collaboration...
Therapeutic riding programs help veterans cope with PTSD
Credit: MU College of Veterinary Medicine In the United States, military veterans diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) often are...
MSU uses $3 million NASA grant to find better ways to regulate dams
Credit: Michigan State University Michigan State University researchers, equipped with $3 million from NASA, will investigate innovative methods to improve...
Citizen scientists rewarded by having new slug species named after them
Credit: Tatiana Korshunova, NTNU Folks at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology's University Museum in Trondheim seem to be...
Famous tree-climbing lions of Uganda roaming farther as prey animals decrease
Credit: A. Plumptre/WCS. KAMPALA, Uganda, May 11, 2017 – Scientists in Uganda studying the behaviors of the country's famous tree-climbing...
Many Midwestern retailers sell mislabeled invasive vines
Credit: Photo by David Zaya CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Gardeners hoping to celebrate the beauty of American bittersweet – a native...
Sticking sugar to protein
Credit: Julia Kowal / ETH Zurich Whenever cells receive signals, interact with other cells or identify viruses and bacteria, the...
Alien honeybees could cause plant extinction
Credit: Olivia Norfolk, Anglia Ruskin University New research indicates that introduced 'alien' honeybees are competing for resources with native bees...
