Better managing plastic waste in a handful of rivers could stem plastics in the ocean
Massive amounts of plastic bits that are dangerous to aquatic life are washing into the oceans and into even the...
World’s ‘better’ countries have higher rates of cancer
The world's "better" countries, with greater access to healthcare, experience much higher rates of cancer incidence than the world's "worse...
Predatory bacteria: The quest for a new class of antibiotics
Credit: OIST/American Chemical Society In 2016 the World Health Organization named antibiotic resistance as "one of the biggest threats to...
Intermountain healthcare researchers launch major three-year genomics breast cancer study
Credit: Intermountain Medical Center Cancer researchers at Intermountain Medical Center and the Intermountain Precision Genomics Program in Salt Lake City...
Ketone nutritional supplements: Good or bad for athletic performance?
Credit: UBC Okanagan In the quest to improve physical performance, many athletes are turning to untested nutritional supplements. But in...
Grazing horses on better pastures
Credit: Michelle DeBoer When you picture a horse, you may imagine it grazing contentedly in a grassy pasture. Grazing lets...
‘Ridiculously healthy’ elderly have the same gut microbiome as healthy 30 year-olds
Credit: Schulich Medicine & Dentistry, Western University In one of the largest microbiota studies conducted in humans, researchers at Western...
New materials may provide better ways to capture and store solar energy
Credit: Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) Worcester, Mass. - A research team at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), funded by two significant...
Scientists describe ‘enigmatic’ species that lived in Utah some 500 million years ago
Credit: Julien Kimmig | KU News Service LAWRENCE -- To the untrained eye, it looks like a flower crudely etched...
New genetic clue to peanut allergy
Canadian researchers have pinpointed a new gene associated with peanut allergy, offering further evidence that genes play a role in...
Scientists begin bold conservation effort to save the vaquita porpoise from extinction
Credit: Kerry Coughlin/National Marine Mammal Foundation SAN FELIPE, BAJA CALIFORNIA - An international team of experts has gathered in San...
Criminal offenders with genetic mental disorders judged more negatively
Popular literature, crime dramas and recent trials dominating the media imply that defense attorneys who portray their clients as victims...
Three state governors headline 21st Century Energy Transition Symposium 2017
The governors of Colorado, Montana and Wyoming, along with more than 50 experts in academia, government and industry, will take...
Climate change predicted to reduce size, stature of dominant Midwest plant, study finds
Credit: Kansas State University MANHATTAN, KANSAS -- The economically important big bluestem grass -- a dominant prairie grass and a...
Scientists eavesdrop on little-known beaked whales to learn how deeply they dive
Scientists have reported the first dive depths for Gervais' and True's beaked whales, two of the least known beaked whale...
Key odorants in world’s most expensive beef could help explain its allure
Renowned for its soft texture and characteristic flavor, Wagyu beef -- often referred to as Kobe beef in the U.S....
Star tortoise makes meteoric comeback
Credit: WCS YANGON, MYANMAR (October 11, 2017) - The Burmese star tortoise (Geochelone platynota), a medium-sized tortoise found only in...
Organic/inorganic sulfur may be key for safe rechargeable lithium batteries
Credit: Patrick Mansell, Penn State We have come a long way from leaky sulfur-acid automobile batteries, but modern lithium batteries...
Some plants grow bigger — and meaner — when clipped, study finds
Credit: Illustration by Julie McMahon CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Some plants behave like the mythical monster Hydra: Cut off their heads...
New NIH grant will study alcohol’s effects on the nervous system
Credit: Michigan Tech When a drink at the local watering hole turns into five or six, what are the effects...
