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How the brain recognizes familiar faces
Credit: Laboratory of Neural Systems at The Rockefeller University There's nothing quite like the rush of recognition that comes from...
Scientists unlock planthoppers’ role in rice stripe virus reproduction
Credit: IOZ Recently, researchers from the Institute of Zoology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have discovered how a severe...
Checkpoint inhibitors fire up different types of T cells to attack tumors
HOUSTON -- Cancer immunotherapies that block two different checkpoints on T cells launch immune attacks on cancer by expanding distinct...
Mutant ants provide insights into social interaction
Credit: NYU School of Medicine Ants genetically engineered to lack their "sense of smell" became unable to communicate, forage or...
The cost of malnutrition: Study shows nutrition program could save hospitals up to $3,800 per patient
1 in 3 people enter a hospital malnourished or at-risk of malnutrition 1-2 Four Chicago area hospitals showed early nutrition...
Circular RNA linked to brain function
Credit: Credit: The circular RNA biology Training Network (circRTrain), MDC. While hundreds of circular RNAs (circRNAs) are abundant in mammalian...
Efforts to reduce pollution from agriculture paying off slowly
Efforts by farmers to reduce the amount of fertilizer that reaches drinking water sources can take years to have a...
Nemours, UD technology pushes cancer research forward
Credit: Cindy Brodoway Wilmington, DE - The field of cancer research is moving rapidly toward three-dimensional (3D) laboratory cultures because...
DNA sequencing tools lack robust protections against cybersecurity risks
Credit: Dennis Wise/University of Washington Rapid improvement in DNA sequencing has sparked a proliferation of medical and genetic tests that...
How dietary fiber helps the intestines maintain health
(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) -- UC Davis Health researchers have discovered how by-products of the digestion of dietary fiber by gut microbes...
Rotavirus vaccines continue to reduce diarrhea hospitalizations, medical costs in US kids
Following the introduction of routine childhood vaccination against rotavirus, a common cause of diarrheal illness, more than 380,000 children avoided...
Plants love microbes — and so do farmers
Credit: Lui Weber The Australian Sunshine Coast's plant diversity has helped University of Queensland researchers confirm that nurture has the...
Researchers link genes and motor skills development
Genes for many may be widely associated with determining certain traits and characteristics. Now a study co-led by John H....
Andone C. Lavery selected as 2017 recipient of the Walter Munk Award
Credit: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Dr. Andone C. Lavery has been selected as the 2017 recipient the Walter Munk Award...
Consistent backswing crucial in helping sportspeople produce optimum results
Golfers wanting to shoot below par or tennis players looking to smash their way past opponents should focus on their...
NIH to host workshop on advances, future needs in human microbiome research
What: Microbes inhabit just about every part of the human body outnumbering human cells by ten to one. The ten-year,...
Mapping the brain, neuron by neuron
A Johns Hopkins University mathematician and computer scientist joined an international team of neuroscientists to create a complete map of...
Test uses nanotechnology to quickly diagnose Zika virus
Credit: James Byard Washington University in St. Louis researchers have developed a test that quickly detects the presence of Zika...
For bacteria that cheat, food is at the forefront
CORVALLIS, Ore. - If you've got plenty of burgers and beers on hand and your own stomach is full, an...
The only way is up: Trees help reptiles thrive
James Cook University researchers in Queensland say if graziers leave trees in place on their land all types of reptiles...
