Simple rules can help fishery managers cope with ecological complexity
Credit: Cathy Schwartz/University of Washington To successfully manage fisheries, factors in the environment that affect fish — like food sources,...
NIH funding to improve devices and safeguard cardiovascular health
Credit: Children's National Health System Nearly 15 million blood transfusions are performed each year in the U.S., and pediatric patients...
Picking teams and picking music in P.E.
Credit: BYU Photo Maybe you remember the laps you were forced to run or when a dodgeball hit you in...
Life in the city: Living near a forest keeps your amygdala healthier
Credit: MPG A study conducted at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development has investigated the relationship between the availability...
How fast you move can predict how healthy you’ll be
As humans have begun to live longer it has become clear that the quality of our lives is equally as...
Inbred Neanderthals left humans a genetic burden
The Neanderthal genome included harmful mutations that made the hominids around 40% less reproductively fit than modern humans, according to...
Sex in the city: Peregrine falcons in Chicago don’t cheat
Credit: Photo by Stephanie Ware, The Field Museum Peregrine Falcons, in their normal habitat on isolated cliffs, mate for life....
‘Persistent photoconductivity’ offers new tool for…
Credit: Albena Ivanisevic Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a new approach for manipulating the behavior of cells...
TSRI scientists take big step toward stopping cancer metastasis
Credit: Elena Deryugina and James P. Quigley LA JOLLA, CA – Feb. 7, 2018 – New research from The Scripps...
Scientists reveal new and improved genome sequence of Daphnia pulex
Credit: Matt Cashore/University of Notre Dame For many, experience with Daphnia, commonly known as water fleas, ends in high school....
Steering towards grazing fields
Credit: Mary Drewnoski It makes sense that a 1,200 pound Angus cow would place quite a lot of pressure on...
Contact tracing, with indoor spraying, can curb dengue outbreak
Credit: James Cook University Contact tracing, combined with targeted, indoor residual spraying of insecticide, can greatly reduce the spread of...
Newly found genomic causes of severe compulsiveness in dogs could aid…
Research led by investigators in veterinary and human medicine has identified genetic pathways that exacerbate severity of canine compulsive disorder...
TSRI scientists take big step toward stopping cancer metastasis
Credit: Elena Deryugina and James P. Quigley LA JOLLA, CA – Feb. 7, 2018 – New research from The Scripps...
Study IDs 90 genes in fat that may contribute to dangerous diseases
Credit: University of Virginia A sweeping international effort is connecting the dots between genes in our fat cells and our...
Biogerontology Research Foundation calls for a task force to classify ageing as a disease
IMAGE: The increase in maximum lifespan in the laboratory was obtained in 5 animal species, both without any interventions, and...
Senate health reform proposal jeopardizes care for us all as we age, AGS experts
Credit: (C) 2017, American Geriatrics Society The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) opposes the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 (BCRA)....
Scientists pave the way for enhanced detection and treatment of vascular graft infections
Credit: The American Journal of Pathology Philadelphia, PA, January 11, 2017 – A rising prevalence of cardiovascular disease has generated...
Observing brain diseases in real time
For rent: 32 individual rooms for a combined surface area of 4cm2, heating and food included! Biologists and microfluidics specialists...
UTA civil engineer patents integrated sensor and algorithm to monitor…
Credit: UTA Anand Puppala, associate dean for research in the College of Engineering at The University of Texas at Arlington...
