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November 8, 2025

Hope for improving protection of the reticulated python

Credit: Mark Auliya, UFZ Trading in skins of the reticulated python is such a lucrative business that illegal exports are...

Dog walkers motivated by happiness, not health

It appears to be a case of 'do what makes you happy' for people who regularly walk their dogs. According...

A total of 33 companies joining forces with VTT to develop new generation sustainable forest product

Credit: Photo: VTT Together with a large industrial consortium, VTT Technical Research of Finland has launched a EUR 4.5 million...

Wolf behaviour undeterred by tailings ponds and pit mines

Credit: Wildlife Habitat Effectiveness and Connectivity, 2014 EDMONTON (Wednesday, August 30, 2017)--Wolves do not avoid areas of human disturbance when...

Key factor identified in gene silencing

Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A fertilized human egg develops into multiple tissues, organs and about 200 distinct cell types....

Inherited herpesvirus study finds links to ancient humans

An estimated 1 million people in the UK carry a human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) genome integrated into their own human...

‘Seeing’ robot learns tricky technique for studying brain cells in mammals

Whole-cell patch clamp electrophysiology, or whole-cell recording (WCR), is the gold-standard technique for studying the behaviour of brain cells called...

First-ever cancer gene therapy approved by FDA

Today the FDA launched a new era in cancer treatment with its approval of the first cancer gene therapy drug...

Nano chip system measures light from single bacterial cell to enable chemical detection

Credit: (Video credit: Hebrew University) Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have created a nanophotonic chip system using lasers...

Two distinct brain regions have independent influence on decision-making

Often when we make a decision, we calculate its "expected value," by multiplying the value of something (how much we...

Protecting the guardians

Keeping the immune system in balance is no small feat. It must remain keenly alert to spot and disarm foreign...

Protein turnover could be clue to living longer

Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA -- (Aug. 30, 2017) It may seem paradoxical, but studying what goes wrong in rare...

Study negates concerns regarding radioactivity in migratory seafood

Credit: © A. Gray aboard FV Aoshibi IV. When the Fukushima power plant released large quantities of radioactive materials into...

Biosensor could help diagnose illnesses directly in serum

In this age of fast fashion and fast food, people want things immediately. The same holds true when they get...

ITERAMS project reinventing the role of water and waste in mining

The ITERAMS project "Integrated Mineral Technologies for More Sustainable Raw Material Supply" funded by the European Union Horizon 2020 programme...

Breastfeeding reduces risk of endometriosis diagnosis

Endometriosis is a chronic and incurable gynecologic disorder that affects approximately 10 percent of women in the United States. Its...

Two-stage approach to risk-reducing mastectomy improves results for women with large breasts

Aug. 29, 2017 - For women undergoing risk-reducing mastectomy to prevent breast cancer, reconstruction can be challenging in those with...

Expanding the reach of therapeutic antibodies

Credit: Camilla De Nardis, Linda J. A. Hendriks, Emilie Poirier, Tudor Arvinte, Piet Gros, Alexander B. H. Bakker and John...

Designing novel biologic agents to target colorectal cancer

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, August 28, 2017--New biologic drugs, such as monoclonal antibodies and immunotherapies...

HPV vaccination rates especially low among childhood cancer survivors