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Continental microbes helped seed ancient seas with nitrogen
Credit: Estelle Couradeau Like our oceans, today's continents are brimming with life. Yet billions of years ago, before the advent...
Research shows benefit of giant panda conservation far exceeds cost
Credit: WEI Fuwen The giant panda is a flagship species of wildlife conservation worldwide, and its black and white pelage...
New coatings make natural fabrics waterproof
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Fabrics that resist water are essential for everything from rainwear to military tents, but conventional water-repellent coatings...
Small bee ‘pollen thieves’ are not effective bumblebee substitutes, study shows
Credit: Dan Addison, University of Virginia Bumblebee populations are declining in the United States for a range of reasons -...
Regional Earth system modeling: Review and future directions
Credit: Filippo Giorgi The regional climate modeling community is actively engaged in the development of regional earth system models (RESMs),...
HKUST scientists discover autophagy inhibitory peptides from giant ankyrins
Credit: Division of Life Science, HKUST Autophagy, meaning "self-eating" in Greek, is a general metabolic mechanism adopted by nearly all...
The novel function of self-renewal factor of spermatogonial stem cells is identified
Credit: Seiji Takashima Ph.D., the Faculty of Textile Science and Technology in Shinshu University A research team found a novel...
The scent of a man: What odors do female blackbuck find enticing in a male?
Credit: NCBS At Tal Chhapar, a wildlife sanctuary in the heart of the Thar desert, a strange drama is staged...
Enzyme may get key role in drug design for breast cancer and brain condition
In recent years, researchers have focussed on the enzyme TLK2 suspecting it of playing a main role in several diseases....
Plant fossils provide new insight into the uplift history of SE Tibet
Credit: ©Science China Press The Tibetan Plateau, the highest and largest plateau in the world, is well known as 'The...
LOINC honors Pam Banning for contributions to advancement of health data interoperability
Credit: Timothy Yates, IU School of Medicine INDIANAPOLIS -- LOINC, the world's most widely used code system for identifying medical...
DBS treatment may slow the progression of Parkinson’s tremor in early-stage patients
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) may slow the progression of tremor for early-stage Parkinson's disease patients, according to a Vanderbilt University...
Drinking changes young adults’ metabolite profile
Credit: UEF Adolescent drinking is associated with changes in the metabolite profile, a new study from the University of Eastern...
Self-monitoring of type 2 diabetes reduces follow-up costs by more than half
Credit: UEF Self-monitoring of type 2 diabetes used in combination with an electronic feedback system results in considerable savings on...
Anti-mucositis gel developed at UGR to be widely available by 2022
Credit: CIBM Researchers from the University of Granada have developed new medication which could help to treat and prevent chemotherapy...
Researchers apply computing power to track the spread of cancer
Princeton researchers have developed a new computational method that increases the ability to track the spread of cancer cells from...
Screening for postpartum depression in the emergency department
Credit: Children's National Health System It's a scenario that Children's emergency medicine specialist Lenore Jarvis, M.D., M.Ed., has seen countless...
Timing is key for bacteria surviving antibiotics
Credit: Frank Wojciechowski For bacteria facing a dose of antibiotics, timing might be the key to evading destruction. In a...
Researchers find connection between genes, response to environmental chemicals
Why do individuals respond differently to the same environment? Researchers from North Carolina State University and Oregon State University have...
Is risk for endocrine disease higher in survivors of cancer in adolescence, young adulthood?
Bottom Line: An increased risk of endocrine diseases, such as thyroid disease, testicular dysfunction and diabetes, was associated with people...
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