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Humans behind majority of raptor deaths in Ontario, study finds
Credit: Courtesy University of Guelph Human encroachment is the leading cause of death among Ontario's at-risk birds of prey, according...
How to build a better railway — in (almost) every cell in your body
Credit: University of Warwick New work from the University of Warwick shows how a microscopic 'railway' system in our cells...
Response of new cotton variety (rassafa) to nitrogen fertilizer
Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.), as the greatest source of natural fibre, is one of the most valuable crops grown worldwide....
Caloric restriction in combination with low-fat diet helps protect aging mouse brains
A low-fat diet in combination with limited caloric consumption prevents activation of the brain's immune cells -- called microglia --...
Digging up the precambrian
Credit: Tatsuo Oji Researchers led by Nagoya University discover penetrative trace fossils from the late Ediacaran of western Mongolia, revealing...
Critical limb ischemia treatment shows no improvement at three months
ORLANDO (March 12, 2018) -- Patients with foot ulcers or gangrene who received the experimental drug JVS-100 did not show...
A revolutionary technique allows to image all the cells in a region of the brain
Credit: © Jan Tønnesen & Valentin Nägerl. Microscopy is a basic tool in research into the biology of any organism...
The changing voices of North Atlantic right whales
Researchers have found that right whale calls, much like human voices, change as individuals age. In a study published in...
Glass matters
Better known as glass, silica is a versatile material used in myriad industrial processes, from catalysis and filtration, to chromatography...
Scientists use nanotechnology to detect molecular biomarker for osteoarthritis
Credit: Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center Photography WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - March 12, 2018 - For the first time, scientists at...
Bush-crickets could lead to sensors which more accurately mimic true hearing
A new research project which will examine the three steps of hearing in the bush-cricket's ear could lead to improved...
Would you pay for an Ebola vaccine? Most say yes.
Credit: George Mason University The 2014-2016 West African Ebola outbreak was the deadliest in history, infecting more than 28,000 people...
The Alps are home to more than 3,000 lichens
Credit: Dr Peter O. Bilovitz Historically, the Alps have always played an emblematic role, being one of the largest continuous...
What if we could predict when an athlete was going to be injured?
McLean, Va. (March 12, 2018) - Thousands of athletes showcased their abilities for the world in PyeongChang, South Korea, in...
Researchers issue first-annual sea-level report cards
Credit: © D. Loftis/VIMS. Researchers at William & Mary's Virginia Institute of Marine Science are launching new web-based "report cards"...
Study finds early signatures of the social brain
CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Humans use an ability known as theory of mind every time they make inferences about someone else's...
A robust method to study cancer heterogeneity in liquid biopsy
Credit: Fig. 8 Ferrarini A, Forcato C, Buson G, Tononi P, del Monaco V, Terracciano M, et al. (2018) A...
Study identifies 76 quality indicators essential for emergency care systems in Africa
NEW YORK (March 12, 2018)-- The need for emergency care in low-income and middle-income countries has never been greater, but...
New CMU and Pitt research finds the brain is less flexible than we thought when learning
PITTSBURGH - Nobody really knows how the activity in your brain reorganizes as you learn new tasks, but new research...
CRISPR helps find new genetic suspects behind ALS/FTD
Credit: Courtesy of Gitler Lab, Stanford University, CA. NIH-funded researchers at Stanford University used the gene editing tool CRISPR-Cas9 to...
