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OSU, NOAA researchers document widespread methane seeps off Oregon coast
Credit: Oregon State University NEWPORT, Ore. - For the past two years, scientists from Oregon State University and the National...
Study suggests scientists can use microbial measurements to gauge river flow
Credit: Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - Oregon State University scientists have created a tool that can predict the flow...
Why do older male birds father more illegitimate children?
Credit: Terry Burke When female birds have chicks as the result of an extra-marital fling, the fathers are almost always...
Nanoplastics accumulate in marine organisms and may pose harm to aquatic food chains
Credit: National University of Singapore Plastic nanoparticles - these are tiny pieces of plastic less than 1 micrometre in size...
Ancient tooth shows Mesolithic ancestors were fish and plant eaters
Credit: Sapienza University of Rome Previous analysis of Mesolithic skeletal remains in this region has suggested a more varied Medittaranrrean...
Dolphin algorithm could lead to better medical ultrasounds
Millions of years of evolutionary fine-tuning have made dolphins phenomenally good at using echolocation to orient themselves, find food and...
Prototype nuclear battery packs 10 times more power
Credit: Elena Khavina/MIPT Press Office Russian researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT), the Technological Institute for...
Understanding immune system interplay to improve organ transplant success
A rare opportunity to analyse both blood and tissue samples from human transplant recipients has allowed immunology researchers at the...
Number of wild mountain gorillas exceeds 1,000
Credit: Martha Robbins, MPI-EVA "This represents one of the rare success stories in conservation. The population of mountain gorillas in...
Scientists boost crop production by 47 percent by speeding up photorespiration
Credit: Video produced by Claire Benjamin/RIPE project Plants such as soybeans and wheat waste between 20 and 50 percent of...
Study estimates increased death rate in Puerto Rico in months after Hurricane Maria
Boston, MA - The mortality rate in Puerto Rico rose by 62% after Hurricane Maria, according to a new study...
Goodbye ‘stress granules’: Study expands possibilities for treating neurological diseases
Credit: Journal of Cell Science Cell biologists have deepened understanding of proteins associated with neurodegenerative diseases. The findings could open...
A novel data-driven method to personalize cancer treatment
Credit: Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) Identify and prioritize treatment options based on a patient's profile of genetic alterations...
Mothers with high emotional, cognitive control help their children behave
A new parenting study finds that the greater emotional control and problem-solving abilities a mother has, the less likely her...
The secret to longevity is in the microbiome and the gut
You are what you eat. Or so the saying goes. Science now tells us that we are what the bacteria...
McMaster professor seeks to stop the bleeding
Credit: McMaster University Hamilton, ON (May 31, 2018) - Developing new ways to improve the treatment of patients with bleeding...
Beyond BRCA: Links between breast, second primary cancer and inherited mutations
PHILADELPHIA - Rates of inherited mutations in genes other than BRCA1/2 are twice as high in breast cancer patients who...
Microscope technology provides 4K and 3-D visualization beyond the surface of the brain
Credit: Mount Sinai Health System (New York - May 31, 2018) The Department of Neurosurgery at the Icahn School of...
New guidelines recommend earlier colorectal cancer screening
New guidelines developed by the American Cancer Society (ACS) recommend that screening for colorectal cancer for average-risk adults begin at...
Micro-CT scans show 2,100-year-old ‘hawk’ mummy a stillborn baby
Credit: Western University, Canada A tiny Egyptian mummy long believed to be that of a hawk is actually a rare...
