Walleye fish populations are in decline
Credit: Andrew Rypel/UC Davis Walleye, an iconic native fish species in Wisconsin, the upper Midwest and Canada, are in decline...
Now you see it: Invisibility material created by UCI engineers
Irvine, Calif., March 29, 2018 - Materials inspired by disappearing Hollywood dinosaurs and real-life shy squid have been invented by...
Study on frogs helps scientists understand disease outbreak and progression
Credit: Cori Zawacki RENO, Nev. - The search for answers to protect Central American frogs from extinction is also giving...
Researchers investigate riverbank erosion and resilience in coastal Bangladesh
Credit: Virginia Tech Coastal residents in Bangladesh are losing their homes and farmland at an astonishing rate due to riverbank...
Colon signaling pathway key to inflammatory bowel disease
Credit: Department of Biodefense Research,TMDU Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) -led research reveals role of signaling pathway in development...
Pediatric cancer drug shows 93 percent response rate
Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS - March 29, 2018 - A first-of-its-kind drug targeting a fused gene found in...
Penn Medicine Hospitals named ‘leaders in LGBT healthcare equality’
March 29, 2018 -PHILADELPHIA - The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Hospital, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, and Chester...
Inherent feminizing effect of germ cells: New insights into sex determination
Credit: © Toshiya Nishimura Nagoya University-led study shows for the first time germ cells have an inherent property to feminize...
Oregon memory researchers link two brain regions to conceptual organization
Credit: Graphic by Caitlin Bowman EUGENE, Ore. - March 29, 2018 - If your idea of a perfect dog is...
Researchers capture first representative of most abundant giant viruses in the sea
Credit: University of British Columbia Bodo saltans virus, the first isolated representative of the most abundant giant viruses in the...
Noninvasive stimulation device can help prevent migraine attacks
Mayo study shows easy-to-use, noninvasive stimulation device can help prevent migraine attacks SCOTTSDALE, Arizona - A migraine is much more...
UTSW study helps explain launch switch for most common malignant pediatric brain tumor
Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS - March 28, 2018 - A delicate balance during brain development could have profound...
Fossils highlight Canada-Russia connection 53 million years ago
Credit: SFU A new 53 million-year-old insect fossil called a scorpionfly discovered at B.C.'s McAbee fossil bed site bears a...
ANU archaeologist discovers Cornish barrow site
Credit: Image: ANU. An Archaeologist at The Australian National University (ANU) has discovered a prehistoric Bronze-Age barrow, or burial mound,...
Mandatory nutrition policies may impact sugar consumption
Mandatory nutrition policies could be a valuable tool in helping high school students to lower their sugar intake, a University...
Ragweed casts shade on soy production
Credit: Amit Jhala Ragweed, its pollen potent to allergy sufferers, might be more than a source of sneezes. In the...
Decade of fossil collecting gives new perspective on Triassic period, emergence of dinosaurs
Credit: Christian Sidor/University of Washington After a great mass extinction shook the world about 252 million years ago, animal life...
‘Fog harp’ increases collection capacity for clean water
Credit: Virginia Tech Fog harvesting may look like whimsical work. After all, installing giant nets along hillsides and mountaintops to...
Liver cancer caused by alcohol consumption may have worse prognosis than other forms
A new study indicates that patients with alcohol-related liver cancer often do not live as long as patients with liver...
Finding the Achilles heel of cancer
Credit: Gaëlle Marteil, IGC. A research team led by Monica Bettencourt Dias, from Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia (IGC, Portugal), discovered...
