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New research collection targets insect pests of pulse crops
Credit: Mariusz Sobieski, Bugwood.org Annapolis, MD; July 24, 2018--Around the world, pulse crops--such as beans, peas, chickpeas, and lentils--are an...
Plenty of habitat for bears in Europe
Credit: Adam Wajrak Great opportunity for European brown bears: a new study spearheaded by the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity...
Bin the bug spray: Study shows EU pesticide ban failing to protect suburban bees
Credit: University of Sussex Bees living in suburban habitats are still being exposed to significant levels of pesticides despite the...
Tracing the history of farming in the Amazon
Credit: Ruth Dickau A geographer from Northumbria University, Newcastle is leading on a £340,000 research project to examine how ancient...
Empathetic dogs lend a helping paw
Many dogs show empathy if their owner is in distress and will also try to help rescue them. This is...
Les efforts pour préserver la population de loris se montrent efficaces
(San Diego Zoo Global) Un programme à long terme visant à préserver les loris de Kuhl en rétablissant une population...
Bigfoot was a dinosaur
Credit: Photo courtesy of the KUVP archives. The Black Hills region of the United States is famous today for tourist...
Paleontologists discover largest dinosaur foot to date
Credit: © Davide Bonadonna, Milan, Italy As it turns out, "Bigfoot" was a dinosaur--a giant, plant-eating one. A new study...
Satellite tracking reveals Philippine waters are important for endangered whale sharks
Credit: Gonzalo Araujo A new scientific study published in PeerJ - the Journal of Life and Environmental Sciences has tracked...
Antibiotic resistance in a leech’s gut
Plastic surgery patients were getting infections with antibiotic resistant bacteria, and no one knew why. UConn microbiologists found the answer...
Report from the leech’s gut: Even trace amounts of antibiotics boost resistant bacteria
Washington, DC - July 24, 2018 - An international team of researchers recently took a deep dive into the microbiome...
What would your dog do to help if you were upset? Quite a bit, study finds
Dogs are thought to be very aware of people's emotions, but if a pup's owner was really upset, would it...
Research shows a promising new class of antibodies protects against HIV-1 infection
Credit: Chris Wager San Antonio, Texas (July 24, 2018) - A group of scientists at Texas Biomedical Research Institute have...
First randomized trial of ‘kick and kill’ approach to HIV cure leaves puzzles to be solved
Researchers have reported the results of the first randomised clinical trial to test a novel strategy involving waking up and...
Researchers characterize ‘mutational burden’ of human induced pluripotent stem cells
The therapeutic potential of human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), which are capable of becoming almost any type of cell...
Environment key battle ground in fight to tackle antibiotic resistance
The environment could be as important a battle ground as the clinic in the global fight against the spread of...
Skin’s immune ‘alarm’ may explain light-induced rashes in lupus patients
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Imagine being so sensitive to the sun's rays that you're forced to either slather yourself in...
Alzheimer’s disease risk impacted by the liver, diet
CHICAGO -Reduced levels of plasmalogens--a class of lipids created in the liver that are integral to cell membranes in the...
New research focuses on treating non-cognitive symptoms of people with dementia
Chicago, July 24, 2018 - New research presented at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC) 2018 in Chicago focuses on...
Changes in bacterial mix linked to antibiotics increase risk for type 1 diabetes
A single course of antibiotics early in childhood may increase risk for Type 1 diabetes. This is the finding of...
