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Testosterone drives the dark side of meerkat success
DURHAM, N.C. – Cooperation and aggression. Meerkats are showing us that one may not be possible without the other.Credit: Charli...
New major discovery in the animal kingdom
Researchers recently made a major discovery – 14 new species of shrews, which is the largest number of new mammals...
Dallas study finds expectant women in areas with worse health disparities have greater risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center studied outcomes for young women at a county hospital and found that while 97% of...
MUSC Hollings Cancer Center part of $10M global tobacco study to guide regulatory policies
Researchers from MUSC Hollings Cancer Center are part of a $10 million five-year global study funded by the National Cancer Institute that...
Impact of COVID-19 on breastfeeding
The percentage of infants fully breastfed at 1,3, and 6 months significantly decreased during the COVID-19 pandemic among participants of...
UT launches farm-to-table beef program
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – High-quality, locally sourced ‘UT Beef’ is now being served on the University of Tennessee Knoxville campus. Produced...
“Mini-brains” provide clues about early life origins of schizophrenia
Multiple changes in brain cells during the first month of embryonic development may contribute to schizophrenia later in life, according...
University of Ottawa led CoVaRR-Net to bolster research on Omicron variant thanks to $9 million grant from CIHR
The Coronavirus Variants Rapid Response Network (CoVaRR-Net), led by the University of Ottawa’s Marc-André Langlois, has received a $9-million grant...
The choline transporter in the brain is necessary for tuning out unneeded information
In habituation, an organism gets so used to a ubiquitous sight, smell, sensation or sound that it virtually disappears. Runa...
Cough or fever first? Study analyzes order of COVID-19 symptoms
The most likely order of symptoms that COVID-19 patients experience is different for different variants of the virus, according to...
California Academy of Sciences researchers describe 70 new species in 2021
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (December 16, 2021) — In 2021, researchers at the California Academy of Sciences added 70 new plant...
Marine life can cling together to survive effects of climate change
Some marine species can help protect others from climate change by shielding them from heat, according to a new study...
Pet scans help guide drug to best treat orthopaedic implant bacterial infections
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECredit: Courtesy of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Treating bacterial infections associated...
Spot the difference
A black cat is deceptively similar to a panther, apart from its size. Making this distinction is crucial when being...
Humans Reached Remote North Atlantic Islands Centuries Earlier Than Thought
New evidence from the bottom of a lake in the remote North Atlantic Faroe Islands indicates that an unknown band...
Theropod dinosaur jaws became stronger as they evolved – study
Theropod dinosaurs evolved more robust jaws through time allowing them to consume tougher food, a new study reveals.Credit: Gabriel Ugueto....
Kurī overlooked for ecological impact on early New Zealand
The arrival of humans, and the kiore (Pacific rat) they brought with them, has been well documented as bringing about...
Major gift focuses efforts on a rare, but devastating, genetic eye disease
In healthy vision, a gene called PRPH2 provides instructions to make a protein called peripherin 2 (PRPH2), which plays a...
How diet influences taste sensitivity and preference
RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- What you eat influences your taste for what you might want to eat next. So claims a...
Gene therapy advance could reverse a common genetic cause of hearing loss
Hearing loss has been linked to mutations in at least 100 different genes, but up to 16 percent of genetic...
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