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For the first time, scientists are putting extinct mammals on the map
Credit: Soeren Faurby, University of Gothenburg Researchers from Aarhus University and University of Gothenburg have produced the most comprehensive family...
Machine learning could predict medication response in patients with complex mood disorders
LONDON, ON - Mood disorders like major depressive disorder (MDD) and bipolar disorder are often complex and hard to diagnose,...
Top 43 reasons why men remain single — according to Reddit
In the past, forced or arranged marriages meant that socially inept, unattractive men did not have to acquire social skills...
Drug makes rats less likely to imbibe alcohol
Alcohol use disorders can have devastating effects on a person's health, relationships and finances. Yet for some, the feeling they...
Oral delivery of nanoparticles
Nanoparticles show great promise as diagnostic tools and drug delivery agents. The tiny particles, which scientists can modify with drugs,...
Designer polymers on demand
When jewelers create a necklace, they control the order and number of each bead or jewel they use to form...
Proof-of-concept technique makes nanoparticles attractive for new medications
Since the development of insulin to manage diabetes, pharmacists have longed to create an insulin pill. Past attempts have failed...
Anticancer drugs delivered by a new drug delivery system reduce tumor size
Credit: Osaka University Cancer tissue cells are divided into two major groups: cancer cells and cancer stem cells (CSCs). CSCs...
UToledo chemists discover how blue light speeds blindness
Credit: Dan Miller, The University of Toledo Blue light from digital devices and the sun transforms vital molecules in the...
Half a degree less warming can avoid precipitation extremes
Just half a degree Celsius could make a major difference when it comes to global warming, according to a new...
Can manipulating gut microbes improve cardiac function in patients with heart failure?
A clinical study called the GutHeart Trial is poised to examine the potential relationship between the bacterial composition of the...
Corncob ethanol may help cut China’s greenhouse gas emissions
A new Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining study has found that using ethanol from corncobs for energy production may help reduce...
Hijacking hormones for plant growth
Hormones designed in the lab through a technique combining chemistry, biology, and engineering might be used to manipulate plant growth...
New research pinpoints pathways Ebola virus uses to enter cells
Credit: Texas Biomedical Research Institute San Antonio, TX (August 8, 2018) - A new study at Texas Biomedical Research Institute...
Matchmaking for sweet potato? It’s complicated
Credit: Elder C. Mattos Some relationships can be complicated. Take the one between sweet potato crops and soil nitrogen, for...
Hybridization boosts evolution
Credit: Wolfgang Gessl Animals that have either migrated to or been introduced in Central Europe - such as the Asian...
Researchers link residential characteristics with productivity one year after brain injury
Credit: Kessler Foundation Model system researchers have examined the factors that influence productive activity one year after traumatic brain injury...
Fulbright fellowship to fund study on mental health benefits of cooperative movement
(Virginia Tech) Brennan Delattre, a lab manager and research assistant at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, was awarded a...
Harmful bacteria thrived in post-Hurricane Harvey floodwaters
Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas on August 25, 2017, bringing more than 50 inches of rain and extreme flooding...
Exercise can help beat cocaine addiction, study finds
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Exercise can help prevent relapses into cocaine addiction, according to new research led by the University at...
