Birds without own brood help other birds with parenting, but not selflessly
Credit: Photo Sjouke Anne Kingma Birds will sometimes care for the offspring of other birds of their own species if...
Study finds shortcomings in Canadian regulations governing use of sugar claims
Consumers believe products with "no added sugar" claims are healthier and lower in calories. But is there evidence to support...
Genetic testing helps determine safest dose of blood thinner for joint surgery patients
Credit: Intermountain Medical Center A new five-year study of nearly 1,600 patients finds that genetic testing can help determine the...
Genetic rescue boosts recovery of Australia’s endangered mountain pygmy possums
Credit: Dr Andrew Weeks For the first time, a breeding technique known as genetic rescue has been shown to increase...
Personalizing human-robot interaction may increase patient use – Ben-Gurion U.
Credit: Ben-Gurion U. Israel BEER-SHEVA, Israel...Oct. 23, 2017 - Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers have begun to discover...
Novel transdisciplinary study uncovers microbes that may one day deter major grape disease
Credit: The American Phytopathological Society St. Paul, Minn. (October 2017) -- To date, scientists are increasingly studying the structure of...
Corning to showcase latest in pharmaceutical glass technologies at CPhI Worldwide
CORNING, N.Y. -- Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) announced it will exhibit Corning Valor™ Glass at CPhI Worldwide in Frankfurt, Germany,...
Electricity from shale gas vs. coal: Lifetime toxic releases from coal much higher
ANN ARBOR -- Despite widespread concern about potential human health impacts from hydraulic fracturing, the lifetime toxic chemical releases associated...
Routes out of isolation for Yellowstone grizzlies
Credit: Frank van Manen In summer of 2017, biologists from Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks confirmed sightings of a grizzly...
Sumatran tigers on path to recovery in ‘in danger’ UNESCO World Heritage site
Credit: WCS/Panthera Jakarta, Indonesia (Oct. 23, 2017) - A new scientific publication from WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) and the Bukit...
Transparent solar technology represents ‘wave of the future’
Credit: Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich. - See-through solar materials that can be applied to windows represent a massive...
UH researchers join national effort to study recent storms
Credit: University of Houston Two University of Houston researchers are part of an effort by the National Science Foundation to...
Mongolian microfossils point to the rise of animals on Earth
Credit: Yale University New Haven, Conn. - A Yale-led research team has discovered a cache of embryo-like microfossils in northern...
Science shapes new century of sandwich recommendations for children at Centennial Meeting of Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
Oct. 23, 2017 -- CHICAGO, IL -- Although sandwiches first appeared in American cookbooks in 1916, the role they play...
Boost for lipid research: Austrian researchers facilitate lipid data analysis
Credit: © spectralDesign - fotolia.com No lipids, no life. In all organisms, lipids form cell walls, store energy and release...
Crops evolving ten millennia before experts thought
Credit: University of Warwick Ancient peoples began to systematically affect evolution of crops up to 30,000 years ago - ten...
Reduced impact logging still harms biodiversity in tropical rainforests
Credit: Felipe Franca More than 403 million hectares of tropical forests worldwide have been earmarked for timber concessions with selective...
Scientists discover new gene associated with debilitating lung disease
Health scientists at the University of Leicester and University of Nottingham have heralded the discovery of a gene associated with...
Discovered in plants a mechanism that corrects defects in protein folding
Credit: Ernesto Llamas Various human nervous system diseases, such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Alzheimer's, Huntington's, and Parkinson's diseases, are...
Unique study: more iron in lakes is making them brown
The iron concentration in lakes is increasing in many parts of northern Europe, including Sweden. This has been shown in...
