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New research identifies how blind cavefish lose their eyes
Credit: NIH Blind cavefish (Astyanax mexicanus) lose critical eye tissues within a few days after their eyes begin to develop....
Do arthritis treatments provide mental health benefits?
Drugs used to treat rheumatoid arthritis may impact mental health by improving pain and stiffness and by targeting inflammatory processes...
Killing bacteria by silencing genes may be alternative to antibiotics
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- A new approach to killing C. difficile that silences key bacterial genes while sparing other bacteria...
Fake organs guide the way for ‘impossible’ cancer surgery
Anthony Camnetar remembers the first time he was told that he had von Hippel-Lindau syndrome, a rare genetic disorder. He...
Is a stress shot on the horizon?
Credit: CU Boulder Immunization with beneficial bacteria can have long-lasting anti-inflammatory effects on the brain, making it more resilient to...
Study examines sickness absence from work among abstainers, low-risk drinkers and at-risk drinkers
In a recent study, people who reported not drinking any alcohol over several years were absent from work due to...
A better way to trace neuronal pathways
Credit: Kepecs Lab, CSHL Cold Spring Harbor, NY - New technologies have been likened, famously, to magic. At first, even...
California’s other gold
Sea urchin roe is an acquired taste. Served as sushi, uni -- the Japanese word for this delicacy -- is...
Imaging technology detects vascular disorders, brain injuries
Credit: (Image provided) WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue University researchers have developed an analytical imaging technology based on functional MRI...
Invasive species of coral boasts amazing capacity for regeneration
Detected for the first time in Brazil on the coast of the Southeast region in the late 1980s, when oil...
Researchers want to give drones the ability to navigate like a bat
Credit: Joseph Fuqua II/UC Creative Services To get drones to fly around complicated obstacles in the dark by themselves, University...
Surprising recovery of red spruce shows value of Clean Air Act
Credit: Alexandra Kosiba Since the 1960s, scientists at the University of Vermont have been documenting the decline of red spruce...
Study in Fiji finds that removing sea cucumbers spells trouble for shallow coastal waters
Credit: Sangeeta Mangubhai/WCS. NEW YORK (June 5, 2018)--The lowly sea cucumber strikes observers as a simple sausage-like creature, one that...
Fungi-produced pigment shows promise as semiconductor material
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Researchers at Oregon State University are looking at a highly durable organic pigment, used by humans in...
Scientists reveal structure of amino acid transporter involved in cancer
Credit: University of Groningen The human glutamine transporter ASCT2 is upregulated in several forms of cancer. It is also the...
New study provides information on the secret life of an enigmatic Antarctic apex predator
Credit: John Dickens @ British Antarctic Survey Scientists from British Antarctic Survey (BAS) have, for the first time, tracked the...
Researchers use artificial intelligence to identify, count, describe wild animals
Credit: Snapshot Serengeti A new paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) reports how a cutting-edge...
I saw that — brain mechanisms create confidence about things seen
Credit: Georgia Tech / Karcz / Guberman / Brumfield There's a long way to go before neuroscience can fathom the...
Research reveals how Tau aggregates can contribute to cell death in Alzheimer’s disease
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine New evidence suggests a mechanism by which progressive accumulation of Tau protein in brain cells...
Blowing bubbles for cancer treatment
Credit: Dui Qin/Xi'an Jiaotong University WASHINGTON, D.C., June 5, 2018 -- Embolization -- the use of various techniques to cut...
