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Star tortoise makes meteoric comeback
Credit: WCS YANGON, MYANMAR (October 11, 2017) - The Burmese star tortoise (Geochelone platynota), a medium-sized tortoise found only in...
Watching wildfires
Credit: Michael Stambaugh, MU College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources A team of researchers from the University of Missouri...
TSRI chemists use modified DNA nucleotides to create new materials
Credit: Courtesy Romesberg Lab LA JOLLA, CA - Oct. 11, 2017 - DNA evolved to store genetic information, but in...
UTSA researcher to study waterways contaminated by Hurricane Harvey damage
Credit: Deborah Silliman, UTSA College of Engineering Vikram Kapoor, an assistant professor in The University of Texas at San Antonio...
Ketone nutritional supplements: Good or bad for athletic performance?
Credit: UBC Okanagan In the quest to improve physical performance, many athletes are turning to untested nutritional supplements. But in...
Organic/inorganic sulfur may be key for safe rechargeable lithium batteries
Credit: Patrick Mansell, Penn State We have come a long way from leaky sulfur-acid automobile batteries, but modern lithium batteries...
Advance achieved in dry preservation of mammalian sperm cells
In a paper forthcoming in the November issue of the journal Theriogenology, a team of researchers from the University of...
‘Ridiculously healthy’ elderly have the same gut microbiome as healthy 30-year-olds
Credit: Schulich Medicine & Dentistry, Western University In one of the largest microbiota studies conducted in humans, researchers at Western...
Aging slows perception of falls
Seniors need twice as long as young adults to realize they are falling, a delay that puts them at increased...
Grazing horses on better pastures
Credit: Michelle DeBoer When you picture a horse, you may imagine it grazing contentedly in a grassy pasture. Grazing lets...
Some plants grow bigger — and meaner — when clipped, study finds
Credit: Illustration by Julie McMahon CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Some plants behave like the mythical monster Hydra: Cut off their heads...
Waste from paper industry supplies raw material for development of redox flow batteries
Credit: photo/©: Alexander Sell, JGU With the increasing use of renewable energies, stabilizing electricity networks is becoming an ever greater...
Cities taking narrow approach to start adapting to climate change see benefits
Credit: Donna Burton, U.S. Government Work LAWRENCE -- As U.S. cities begin to plan to adapt to impacts from climate...
New NIH grant will study alcohol’s effects on the nervous system
Credit: Michigan Tech When a drink at the local watering hole turns into five or six, what are the effects...
Unraveling the genetics of disc disease in dogs
Credit: Katy Robertson Since the early 1900s, veterinarians have observed intervertebral disc disease -- a common cause of back pain,...
Study shows removing invasive plants can increase biodiversity in stream waters
Credit: Rachel E. McNeish Restoration projects to remove invasive plants can make a positive impact on native plant species. But...
Bycatch responsible for decline of New Zealand sea lion
Credit: Louise Chilvers Getting caught in fishing nets is a major cause of death for the increasingly endangered New Zealand...
Danforth Center receives $3.4 million to improve maize architecture
Credit: Donald Danforth Plant Science Center ST. LOUIS, MO, October 11, 2017 - The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, one...
‘Ridiculously healthy’ elderly have the same gut microbiome as healthy 30 year-olds
Credit: Schulich Medicine & Dentistry, Western University In one of the largest microbiota studies conducted in humans, researchers at Western...
Women seen as younger when eyes, lips and eyebrows stand out
Credit: Aurélie Porcheron Aspects of facial contrast, a measure of how much facial features stand out in the face, decrease...
