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Mechanism of Marburg virus sexual transmission identified in nonhuman primates
Credit: William Discher, U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases Research published today by a team of Army scientists...
Children’s bone cancers could remain hidden for years before diagnosis
Scientists have discovered that some childhood bone cancers start growing years before they are currently diagnosed. Researchers at the Wellcome...
UMD’s Juntti awarded grant to design tools linking gene changes to traits in cichlid fish
Credit: John T. Consoli Scott Juntti, the William J. Higgins Assistant Professor of Biology at the University of Maryland, received...
Mapping trees can help count endangered lemurs
Credit: Photo by David Haring, Duke Lemur Center DURHAM, N.C. -- The vast majority of lemur species are on the...
A FEW good collaborators
Credit: Benjamin Wang '20, Lehigh University Suppose you're a farmer cultivating crops in a major river basin. You rely on...
Predicting how splicing errors impact disease risk
Credit: CSHL Dept of Public Affairs Cold Spring Harbor, NY - No one knows how many times in a day,...
Drug-resistance of gonorrhoea in the EU: persistent but stable
Credit: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control/ECDC Neisseria gonorrhoea continues to show high levels of resistance to azithromycin across...
Aspen is making a comeback in and around Yellowstone National Park, because of predators
CORVALLIS, Ore. - The reintroduction of wolves into Yellowstone National Park is tied to the recovery of aspen in areas...
Adapt, move or die: how biodiversity reacted to past climate change
Credit: Egle Kudirkiene A new paper reviews current knowledge on climate change and biodiversity. In the past, plants and animals...
Bird behavior: Biologist finds new, more accurate way of monitoring bird populations
EDMONTON (August 29, 2018)--A new method of monitoring bird populations uses the power of statistics to produce more accurate estimates...
Heritability explains fast-learning chicks
(Linköping University) Both genetic and environmental factors explain cognitive traits, shows a new study carried out on red junglefowl. Researchers...
An international team led by the CNIO reveals that human genome could contain up to 20 percent fewer genes
A new study led by the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) reveals that up to 20% of genes classified...
UTA biochemists study enzymes to provide keys for drug development
Credit: UTA UTA biochemists are mapping the function of specific enzymes which may facilitate development of new drugs to fight...
TGen-led study of metastatic melanoma secures $2 million grant
PHOENIX, Ariz. -- Aug. 29, 2018 -- Like a medical marathon, physicians run to keep up with metastatic cancer as...
Leukogene Therapeutics receives funding to develop compound for resistant multiple myeloma
Credit: Photograph by Emma Vought, Medical University of South Carolina A $2 million phase 2 Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR)...
Travelling thousands of kilometers to feed — Otago studies penguins’ ‘crazy’ journeys
Imagine making a 7,000km journey just for dinner. That, University of Otago scientists have found, is the life of the...
The hidden life of rock gnome lichen
NEW YORK, August 29, 2018 - They are a natural fertilizer for the forest, great construction material for birds' nests...
Artificial intelligence guides rapid data-driven exploration of underwater habitats
Credit: Schmidt Ocean Institute ASTORIA, OREGON - A recent expedition led by Dr. Blair Thornton, holding Associate Professorships at both...
Genetically encoded sensor tracks changes in oxygen levels with very high sensitivity
Credit: Toru Hisabori Based on a protein from E. coli, scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology have developed a fluorescent...
Friction loss at first contact: The material does not forgive
Credit: Graphics: Paul Schreiber, KIT/IAM Wear has major impacts on economic efficiency or health. All movable parts are affected, examples...
