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In singing mice, scientists find clue to our own rapid conversations
Credit: Bret Pasch Studying the songs of mice from the cloud forests of Costa Rica, researchers from New York University...
NASA finds a hint of an eye in Tropical Cyclone Pola
Credit: NASA/NRL Visible imagery from NASA's Aqua satellite revealed the hint of an eye developing in the center of Tropical...
New lipid shape atlas holds key to early disease detection
Ion mobility-mass spectrometry allowed for a closer examinationCredit: The McLean Group Every bit of information about a person's health -...
Global warming leads professor to study impact of freezing temperatures on naval vessel
Credit: The University of Akron Maritime regulations and ship architecture have improved quite a bit since that freezing, deadly night...
PE, PP and PS: The most abundant type of microplastics in Mediterranean coastal waters
Effects of the plastic civilizationCredit: GRC Marine Geosciences - University of Barcelona Polyethylene, polypropylene and polystyrene are the most abundant...
UMMS scientists develop technology to give night vision to mammals
WORCESTER--Scientists at UMass Medical School have developed technology to give night vision to mammals with a simple injection that contains...
2015-2016 El Niño triggered disease outbreaks across globe
The 2015-2016 El Niño event brought weather conditions that triggered regional disease outbreaks throughout the world, according to a new...
ETRI develops thermoelectric device that generates electricity using human body heat
Researchers in South Korea have developed a thermoelectric module that can generate electricity using human body temperature, and power wearable...
Engineer to develop drug-filled gel to heart damage
The material should also help preserve the heart's structural support networkCredit: Washington University in St. Louis After a heart attack,...
Wutip now a depression, spotted on NASA-NOAA satellite imagery
Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Once a super typhoon, Tropical Cyclone Wutip weakened to...
Mobile bedside bioprinter can heal wounds
Credit: WFIRM video WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., - Feb. 28, 2019 - Imagine a day when a bioprinter filled with a patient's...
Junk food purchases increase after recreational marijuana legalization
It's an infamous pop culture portrayal. After smoking marijuana, the main characters in the movie go on an epic junk-food...
500-million-year old worm ‘superhighway’ discovered in Canada
Credit: Professor Brian Pratt, University of Saskatchewan Prehistoric worms populated the sea bed 500 million years ago--evidence that life was...
Unveiling disease-causing genetic changes in chromosome 17
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Potocki-Lupski syndrome is a condition that results from having an extra copy of a small...
Inflammation signals induce dormancy in aging brain stem cells
In old age, the amount of stem cells in the brains of mice decreases drastically. The remaining ones protect themselves...
Data sharing uncovers five new risk genes for Alzheimer’s disease
NIH-funded project includes largest sample to date for Alzheimer's gene associationCredit: Image courtesy of Kunkle et al and Nature Genetics....
2018’s biggest volcanic eruption of sulfur dioxide
Credit: Image by Lauren Dauphin, NASA Earth Observatory. The Manaro Voui volcano on the island of Ambae in the nation...
Amoebae diversified at least 750 million years ago, far earlier than expected
Reconstitution of Amoebozoa's evolution shows significant Precambrian species diversity; this study changes the view of how life evolved in the...
New research suggests earlier emergence of malaria in Africa
Credit: © Institut Pasteur Malaria, which claims hundreds of thousands of lives each year - mainly children and especially in...
How Capsella followed its lonely heart
Credit: Andrew Davis The Brassicaceae plant family boasts a stunning diversity of fruit shapes. But even in this cosmopolitan company...
