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Woolly rhino neck ribs provide clues about their decline and eventual extinction
Credit: Jacques van Alphen Researchers from the Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden examined woolly rhino and modern rhino neck vertebrae...
New diagnostics tool, the Xpert Ultra assay, improves detection of mycobacterium tuberculosis
Washington, DC - Aug. 29, 2017 - Researchers have demonstrated a new, improved version of the Xpert MTB/RIF assay, a...
Altered bacterial communities in the gut could be an indicator for Parkinson’s disease
Parkinson's disease is an insidious disease: by the time it manifests as the typical motor dysfunctions such as tremors or...
MouseAge.Org: Artificial intelligence for photographic biomarkers in mice
Credit: Insilico Medicine,Inc. Tuesday, 29th of August, 2017, Baltimore, MD - Insilico Medicine, Inc, a Baltimore-based next-generation artificial intelligence company,...
New species of crab with unusual outgrowths has its name written in the stars
Credit: Dr. Peter K. L. Ng A new species of crab with star-shaped tubercles all over its body has been...
Obese people lack cells with satiety hormones
Credit: University of Basel Individuals with severe overweight have an inhibited sense of satiation - they release fewer satiety hormones...
Penn Medicine pharmacologist given Founders’ Award from ACS
Credit: American Chemical Society PHILADELPHIA -- Ian A. Blair, PhD, an internationally recognized expert on applying mass spectrometry, which measures...
Tears in tiny bone cells called osteocytes appear an important step to better bones
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Aug. 29, 2017) - The force gravity and physical activity put...
Pinpointing the origins of autism
Credit: Ludmer Centre The origins of autism remain mysterious. What areas of the brain are involved, and when do the...
NTU scientists use brewery waste to grow yeast needed for beer making
Credit: NTU Singapore Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have invented a new process to turn spent brewery...
Sense of smell is key factor in bird navigation, new study shows
How do birds navigate over long distances? This complex question has been the subject of debate and controversy among scientists...
Federal preemption of taxes on state and local sugar-sweetened beverages is not warranted
Credit: (None required.) NEW YORK and BOSTON (Aug. 29, 2017)--Federal, state, and local governments each have a role to play...
Rise of male individuals in stingless bees colonies leads to queen’s death
Credit: Ayrton Vollet-Neto / University of São Paulo Queens of stingless bee species (Meliponini) face a reproductive dilemma. If they...
Lasers zap decontaminates from soil
Credit: AIP Publishing WASHINGTON, D.C., August 29, 2017 -- There might be a new and improved way to rid contaminated...
Processed food: What Big Food doesn’t want you to know and its critics won’t tell you
Every food decision we make involves a trade-off of some kind. A healthy option might not be the most environmentally-friendly;...
Photosynthesis discovery could help design more efficient artificial solar cells
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--A natural process that occurs during photosynthesis could lead to the design of more efficient artificial...
Bowel cancer study reveals impact of mutations on protein networks
For the first time, scientists have completed a detailed study of many of the proteins in bowel cancer cells. Scientists...
Boosting immune cell memory to improve vaccines and cancer immunotherapy
Credit: UC San Diego Health Vaccines and cancer immunotherapies do essentially the same thing: They boost a person's immune system,...
Mass. General team reports first response of central nervous system tumor to CAR T-cells
In a letter to the New England Journal of Medicine, a Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) research team reports a remarkable...
New app uses smartphone selfies to screen for pancreatic cancer
Credit: Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering Pancreatic cancer has one of the worst prognoses -- with...
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