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How much can late Permian ecosystems tell us about modern Earth? A lot.
Credit: Drawing by Davide Bonadonna. A whopping two hundred and fifty-two million years ago, Earth was crawling with bizarre animals,...
Kessler study shows behavioral approach reduces cognitive fatigue in multiple sclerosis
Credit: Kessler Foundation East Hanover, NJ. September 19, 2017. A recent article by MS researchers describes a new nonpharmacological approach...
How do bacteria adapt?
Credit: Johannes Wiedersich / TUM A fundamental prerequisite for life on earth is the ability of living organisms to adapt...
A map of the cell’s power station
Credit: Source: AG Meisinger Mitochondria are the cell's power stations; they transform the energy stored in nutrients so that cells...
UBC study finds optimal walking and cycling speeds to reduce air pollution inhalation
Credit: University of British Columbia Cyclists should be riding at speeds between 12 and 20 kilometres per hour on city...
The Muffin Study: Mono- vs. polyunsaturated fats in patients with metabolic syndrome
Baltimore, Md. – June 15, 2016. It's hard to think of the typical muffin, often loaded with saturated fat and...
Study indicates home monitoring effectively detects potentially fatal…
Credit: Children's Hospital Colorado Aurora, Colo. (Oct. 25, 2017) – As reported in the Journal of Perinatology, researchers from Children's...
VIMS study identifies tipping point for oyster restoration
Credit: © A. Colden/Virginia Institute of Marine Science. We're all familiar with tipping points, when crossing what might seem a...
New 3-D imaging reveals how human cell nucleus organizes DNA and chromatin of it’s genome
Credit: Horng D. Ou, Salk Institute. Sixty-four years ago, James Watson and Francis Crick described the now-iconic double helix structure...
Researchers shed new light on influenza detection
Credit: Matt Cashore/University of Notre Dame Researchers at the University of Notre Dame have discovered a way to make influenza...
Maryland climate and health report identifies state’s…
As world leaders convene in Washington, DC this week for the Climate Action 2016 summit, a new report by Maryland...
MERS antibodies produced in cattle safe, treatment well tolerated in phase 1 trial
Credit: NIAID An experimental treatment developed from cattle plasma for Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) coronavirus infection shows broad potential,...
Microcephaly discoveries made in non-Zika cases help explain abnormal…
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Long before Zika virus made it a household word, the birth defect called microcephaly puzzled scientists...
Dingo skull resistant to change from cross breeding with dogs,…
Australia's largest predator, the dingo, is resistant to one of the main threats to its survival as a species —...
Newly discovered volcanic rock minerals may offer new insights into earth’s…
Credit: Keena Kareem, LSU The first 1.5 billion years of Earth's evolution is subject to considerable uncertainty due to the...
UT Southwestern researchers identify new mechanism of tuberculosis…
DALLAS – July 21 2016 – Researchers from UT Southwestern Medical Center have identified a new way that tuberculosis bacteria...
UTHealth study: 78 percent of hospital workers in Houston are…
Credit: UTHealth HOUSTON – (Jan. 27, 2017) – Seventy-eight percent of employees at Houston hospitals are overweight or obese, according...
Does access to quality playgrounds vary with a child’s socioeconomic status & obesity risk?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 13, 2017–A study of all 3rd-5th grade youth in one...
Genome of wheat ancestor sequenced
Credit: (Patrick McGuire / UC Davis) Sequencing the bread wheat genome has long been considered an almost insurmountable task, due...
Does inflammation contribute to premenstrual symptoms?
New Rochelle, NY, June 16, 2016–Women with premenstrual symptoms (PMS) including mood swings, weight gain/bloating, and abdominal cramps/back pain have...
