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Credit: Christina Ng, New York Stem Cell Foundation New York, NY (July 18, 2018) - Scientists from the New York...

Using adrenaline in cardiac arrests results in less than 1 percent more people leaving hospital alive

July 19, 2018

Credit: University of Warwick A clinical trial of the use of adrenaline in cardiac arrests has found that its use...

Study finds high health burdens of very high risk drinking

In an Addiction Biology study, the estimated prevalence of very high risk drinking level (VHRDL, defined as drinking >100 g...

Poor air quality does not offset exercise’s heart benefits

DALLAS, July 18, 2018 -- Even in areas with moderate-to-high levels of traffic pollution, regular physical activity reduced the risk...

In rats, perinatal exposure to phthalates impairs brain structure and function

Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Male and female rats exposed in the womb and during lactation...

2018 ESA Regional Policy Award recognizes Representative Walter J. Leger III

Credit: Louisiana House of Representatives Tuesday, July 17, 2018 Sunday, Aug. 5, 2018, the Ecological Society of America (ESA) will...

Study shows 5,000 percent increase in native trees on rat-free palmyra atoll

Credit: Island Conservation New research published in PLOS ONE this week demonstrates dramatic positive benefits for native trees following rat...

$1.54 million NIH grant to identify ways to improve cardiac function in heart failure

Credit: Julie O'Connor, Wayne State University DETROIT - Preventing heart failure is a major challenge in the management of cardiovascular...

Getting to a 75 percent sugar reduction: How researchers discovered sweet spot for Stevia

Credit: Dr. John Fry JULY 17, 2018 (Brussels, Belgium) -- A team of 27 scientists working with a major stevia...

Sap-sucking bugs manipulate their host plants’ metabolism for their own benefit

Credit: Christoph Bru?tting Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Germany, show for the first time that free-living,...

Study: Childhood abuse linked to greater risk of endometriosis

Credit: Fred Hutch News Service SEATTLE (July 17, 2018) -- A large prospective study has found that sexual and physical...

University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center status renewed

The National Cancer Institute (NCI), the U.S. federal government's principal agency that funds cancer research, has renewed the University of...

Social isolation: Animals that break away from the pack can influence evolution

Credit: Nathan W. Bailey For some animals -- such as beetles, ants, toads, and primates -- short-term social isolation can...

New cost-effective instrument measures molecular dynamics on a picosecond timescale

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 17, 2018 -- Studying the photochemistry, or chemical results of light, has shown that ultraviolet radiation can...

Newly discovered shark species honors female pioneer

Credit: Video courtesy of MarAlliance Eugenie Clark was a pioneer in shark biology, known around the world for her illuminating...

As we get parched, cognition can easily sputter, dehydration study says

Credit: Georgia Tech / Christopher Moore Anyone lost in a desert hallucinating mirages knows that extreme dehydration discombobulates the mind....

Solutions to water challenges reside at the interface

Credit: Institute for Molecular Engineering at Argonne National Laboratory WASHINGTON, D.C., July 17, 2018 -- In response to rising water...

Studies of all PIH proteins in zebrafish reveal distinct roles in axonemal dynein assembly