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Plant scientists at the University of Cambridge have found a plant protein indispensable for communication early in the formation of...

New insights into the ancestors of all complex life

Credit: Tim Bertelink A team of scientists led by the University of Bristol has provided new insights into the origins...

Darwin was right: Females prefer sex with good listeners

Credit: Peter Marriott Almost 150 years after Charles Darwin first proposed a little-known prediction from his theory of sexual selection,...

Dramatic shift in gut microbes and their metabolites seen after weight loss surgery

Credit: Graphic by Jason Drees for the Biodesign Institute Obesity, already a global epidemic, is on the rise. Over one...

Chemical array draws out malignant cells to guide individualized cancer treatment

Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Melanoma is a particularly difficult cancer to treat once it has...

Increased facial and head injuries after motorcycle helmet law change in Michigan

May 26, 2017 - Skull fractures and other head and facial injuries from motorcycle trauma in Michigan have doubled since...

New drug reduces transplant and mortality rates significantly in patients with hepatitis C

Credit: Intermountain Medical Center. Patients with hepatitis C who suffer from advanced stages of liver disease have renewed hope, thanks...

Study finds Congo’s miners often resort to hunting wildlife for food

Credit: CREDIT: ©Charlotte Spira/WCS. KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo (May 26, 2017) - A new study by WCS (Wildlife Conservation...

Why communication is vital — even among plants and fungi

Plant scientists at the University of Cambridge have found a plant protein indispensable for communication early in the formation of...

Losing sleep over climate change

Credit: Courtesy N. Obradovich Climate change may keep you awake -- and not just metaphorically. Nights that are warmer than...

Mind-controlled device helps stroke patients retrain brains to move paralyzed hands

Credit: Leuthardt lab Stroke patients who learned to use their minds to open and close a device fitted over their...

Marine species distribution shifts will continue under ocean warming

Scientists using a high-resolution global climate model and historical observations of species distributions on the Northeast U.S. Shelf have found...

Open-access genetic screening for hereditary breast cancer is feasible and effective

Ashkenazi Jewish women are known to have a predisposition to the inherited breast cancers BRCA1 and BRCA2, but currently genetic...

Government transparency limited when it comes to America’s conserved private lands

Credit: Courtesy of Adena Rissman/UW-Madison MADISON, Wis. -- American taxpayers spend millions of dollars each year to conserve privately owned...

Engines of twingenuity: NASA’s twin study investigators have a meeting of the minds

Credit: NASA/Time If you took all the DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) in your body and strung it end-to-end, it would reach...

Sediment from Himalayas may have made 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake more severe

Credit: Tim Fulton, IODP-JRSO CORVALLIS, Ore. - Sediment that eroded from the Himalayas and Tibetan plateau over millions of years...

A flip switch for binge-eating?

Credit: Carla Schaffer / AAAS Researchers have identified a subgroup of neurons in the mouse brain that, upon activation, immediately...

Study: A new way to slow cancer cell growth

Credit: University of Rochester Medical Center Cancer is an extremely complex disease, but its definition is quite simple: the abnormal...

Research could bring ‘drastically’ higher resolution to your TV and smartphone

Credit: University of Central Florida Researchers at the University of Central Florida have developed a new color changing surface tunable...

US nuclear regulators greatly underestimate potential for nuclear disaster