Bonobos help strangers without being asked
Credit: Photo courtesy of Lola ya Bonobo Sanctuary DURHAM, N.C. — A passer-by drops something and you spring to pick...
Larger swaths of tropical forest being lost to commercial agriculture
Credit: European Space Agency DURHAM, N.C. — Larger patches of tropical forest are being lost worldwide as governments and corporations...
Defining conservation priorities in tropical and biodiversity-rich…
Credit: Jon Moore (Tropical Ecology Assessment and Monitoring Network/University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus. Rich in biodiversity, with a rapidly growing...
Female blue tits sing in the face of danger
Credit: Katharina Mahr/Vetmeduni Vienna Until now, the singing behaviour of songbirds had been mainly associated with competitive behaviour and the...
Gut feeling: ONR research examines link between stomach bacteria, PTSD
ARLINGTON, Va.–Could bacteria in your gut be used to cure or prevent neurological conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD),...
Marijuana use may not aid patients in opioid addiction treatment
Credit: Washington State University SPOKANE, Wash. – Many patients who are being treated for opioid addiction in a medication-assisted treatment...
Six teams seek to identify biological factors that influence neural…
The National Institutes of Health will fund six projects to identify biological factors that affect neural regeneration in the retina....
Dartmouth, NSF aim to turn America’s rural libraries into STEM centers
HANOVER, N.H. – Dartmouth College will use a $3 million, five-year grant from the National Science Foundation to further help...
Significant expansion of data available in the Genomic Data Commons
The recently launched Genomic Data Commons (GDC) will get a dramatic increase in the power and utility of its resources...
UTSA researcher to study waterways contaminated by Hurricane Harvey…
Credit: Deborah Silliman, UTSA College of Engineering Vikram Kapoor, an assistant professor in The University of Texas at San Antonio...
The mysterious sexual life of the most primitive dragonfly
Credit: Adolfo Cordero-Rivera The dragonfly considered the most primitive in the world lives in Australia and Tasmania, and was believed...
Fiona Watt to receive the 2016 FEBS | EMBO Women in Science Award
Credit: Centre for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine at King's College London Heidelberg, 26 February 2016 – EMBO and FEBS...
Tens of millions of trees in danger from California drought
IMAGE: This image shows progressive water stress on California's forests. Credit: Courtesy of Greg Asner. Washington, DC — California's forests...
After legal-ivory experiment, black markets thrive from greater demand, less risk
To curb the destructive illegal ivory trade, the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) announced in 2008...
Chemistry trick paves way for safer diabetes medication
New research from the University of Copenhagen points to an entirely new approach for designing insulin-based pharmaceuticals. The approach could...
Woodpecker drumming signals wimp or warrior
Credit: WFU/Ken Bennett Animal behavior researchers at Wake Forest University have found that the highly territorial downy woodpecker interprets drumming...
Annual influenza vaccination does not prevent natural immunity
Credit: University of Bergen Earlier studies have suggested that having repeated annual influenza vaccination can prevent natural immunity to the...
SickKids-led project investigates malnutrition in children, liver…
Credit: © 2016 Sargent et al. Malnourished children living in the same household who are given the same food to...
Researchers developing new tool to distinguish between viral,…
Credit: University of Rochester Medical Center Antibiotics are lifesaving drugs, but overuse is leading to one of the world's most...
Diabetic fruit flies may unlock secrets in humans
Credit: Courtesy of MSU EAST LANSING, Mich. — Fruit flies may be small, but the genetic secrets they can unlock...
