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New Caledonian crows can create compound tools
Credit: Alice Auersperg The new study, published today in Scientific Reports, shows that these birds can create long-reaching tools out...
Wood sponge soaks up oil from water (video)
Sponges made from wood can selectively absorb oil, and then be squeezed out for reuse. Watch this Headline Science video...
BASF licenses CRISPR-Cpf1 from the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Credit: BASF RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC, October 24, 2018 - BASF has attained a global, non-exclusive licensing agreement with the...
Giant flying squirrel fossil from a Barcelona landfill clarifies the squirrel family tree
Credit: Oscar Sanisidro LAWRENCE -- In 2002, a team of scientists unearthed mysterious fossil remains in a landfill in Catalonia,...
Air pollution leads to millions of ER visits for asthma attacks worldwide
Credit: Susan C. Anenberg/GW Milken Institute School of Public Health WASHINGTON, DC (Oct. 24, 2018)-- Nine to 33 million visits...
Breeding beans that resist weevils
Credit: Martin Cooper Beans are awesome. They are packed with nutrients and are high in protein. They can grow in...
New study uncovers the interaction of calcium channels
Credit: Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST) A research team led by DGIST Professor Byung-Chang Suh at the...
Normal function of ALS and dementia linked gene determined for the first time
The normal function of a gene associated with the neurodegenerative diseases amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) has...
Air pollution and noise increase risk for heart attacks
Credit: Jana Sönksen / Swiss TPH Where air pollution is high, the level of transportation noise is usually also elevated....
Mathematicians propose new hunting model to save rhinos and whales from extinction
Mathematicians have created a new model - of a variety commonly found in the world of finance - to show...
Brain-eating amoebae halted by silver nanoparticles
Halloween is just around the corner, and some people will celebrate by watching scary movies about brain-eating zombies. But even...
Largest census of cancer genes to help understand drug targets
Researchers at the Wellcome Sanger Institute have created the first comprehensive summary of all genes known to be involved in...
How people power can track alien species — Study
Credit: Please credit Nick Greatorex Davies New research published in the Nature journal Scientific Data shows how the public can...
2018 NCRI Cancer Conference
2018 NCRI Cancer Conference - the UK's largest cancer conference is only a few weeks away. It will take place...
TGen distinguished professor to receive award for advances in treating pancreatic cancer
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Oct. 22, 2018 -- Dr. Daniel D. Von Hoff, Distinguished Professor and Physician-In-Chief of the Translational Genomics...
Researchers design ‘smart’ surfaces to repel everything but targeted beneficial exceptions
Credit: Kevin Patrick Robbins, McMaster University HAMILTON, Oct. 24, 2018 - Researchers at McMaster University have solved a vexing problem...
Studying cellular fats reveals how to protect cells from the common cold
As temperatures drop and the sniffles start, take hope; research published this summer suggests a new approach to protect ourselves...
Researchers to enhance guidelines for ethical human-animal chimera research
Credit: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine In Greek mythology, a chimera is a figure with the head of...
Mapping the pancreatic islets
The mechanism leading to development of type 1 diabetes remains a mystery, hampering the ability to find new ways to...
Helping blood cells regenerate after radiation therapy
CAMBRIDGE, MA - Patients with blood cancers such as leukemia and lymphoma are often treated by irradiating their bone marrow...
