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How cicadas manage to ‘wing it’
(American Chemical Society) Unlike locusts and many other flying insects, cicadas don't soar through the air with the greatest of...
Decommissioning Platform Holly
When the Colorado-based oil company Venoco, Inc. -- founded in Carpinteria, California, more than two decades ago -- declared bankruptcy...
Funding for gene therapy to injured peripheral nerves
Scientists from Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry have received funding from the Northcott Devon Medical Foundation to...
Damming and its effects on fish
Credit: Steven Mattocks Fish that migrate between freshwater and sea ecosystems play a multitude of ecological roles. In the centuries...
Insight into learning via ‘friend of fragile X’ gene
Credit: Ken Moberg. We can learn a lot about somebody from the friends they hang out with. This applies to...
Researchers examine contaminants in hunted wildlife
Concerning environmental contaminants, game species are not subject to the same safety testing as commercially marketed livestock. A recent study...
Preparing for longevity — we don’t need to become frail as we age
Age-related frailty may be a treatable and preventable health problem, just like obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease, highlights a review...
Researchers create biomaterial that delivers both a powerful drug and gene silencers
BROOKLYN, New York - Clinicians today have an arsenal of more than 200 drugs at their disposal for treating a...
The ethics of animal research
The ethics pertaining to animal research have evolved over centuries, but there is still need for refining and improving them....
Crystallography provides battle-plan blueprints for attacking disease-causing bacteria
Credit: Professor Martin Caffrey, Trinity College Dublin. Scientists from Trinity College Dublin have gained key structural insights into the machinery...
Arrival of modern humans in Southeast Asia questioned
Credit: Tanya Smith and Rokus Awe Due Humans may have exited out of Africa and arrived in Southeast Asia 20,000...
Report confirms 2016 was another warm year
A new report published in Weather confirms that 2016 was another exceptionally warm year, with global temperature having reached 0.77±...
Extinction mystery solved? Evidence suggests humans played a role in monkey’s demise in Jamaica
Credit: Siobhán Cooke, Johns Hopkins Medicine Radiocarbon dating of a fossilized leg bone from a Jamaican monkey called Xenothrix mcgregori...
Supporting women’s autonomy in prenatal testing
Noninvasive fetal genetic sequencing done early in pregnancy is poised to become a routine part of prenatal care. While it...
Transforming skin cells to insulin
Credit: Melanie Burford. Researchers at the University of Bergen have transformed skin puncture cells from diabetes patients into insulin producing...
A portable DNA sequencer enables researchers to monitor the evolution of Zika virus
Credit: Project ZiBRA An international group of researchers on board a mobile laboratory equipped with an innovative handheld genetic sequencing...
Early puberty may mean less time in education for girls
The age at which girls have their first period may influence how long they stay in education. The findings come...
Biochar shows benefits as manure lagoon cover
Credit: Brian Dougherty Manure is a reality in raising farm animals. Manure can be a useful fertilizer, returning valued nitrogen,...
Defining standards for genomes from uncultivated microorganisms
During the Industrial Revolution, factories began relying on machines rather than people for mass production. Amidst the societal changes, standardization...
Scientists develop improved, potentially safer Zika vaccine
Credit: Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University The worldwide Zika threat first emerged in 2015, infecting millions as it swept across...
