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Scientists identify ‘checkpoint’ to prevent birth defects and spontaneous miscarriage
Researchers from the University of Southampton have established that eggs have a protective 'checkpoint' that helps to prevent DNA damaged...
For tropical mayflies, mountain passes are higher indeed
FORT COLLINS, COLO. – In tropical climes, animals and plants aren't adapted to surviving freezing temperatures – and why would...
Concurrent heat waves, air pollution exacerbate negative health effects of each
Credit: Jordan Schnell / Princeton University Irvine, Calif., March 1, 2017 – The combination of prolonged hot spells with poor...
Stanford researchers create deep learning algorithm that could boost…
Credit: L.A. Cicero Artificially intelligent algorithms can learn to identify amazingly subtle information, enabling them to distinguish between people in...
Eye abnormalities in infants with microcephaly associated with Zika…
Vision-threatening eye abnormalities in infants in Brazil with microcephaly (a birth defect characterized by an abnormally small head) may be...
International competition benchmarks metagenomics software
Credit: John T. Consoli, University of Maryland Communities of bacteria live everywhere: inside our bodies, on our bodies and all...
New frog species discovered in India’s wastelands
Credit: Ramit Singal A team of researchers from India and the National University of Singapore (NUS) has discovered a new...
Scientists begin bold conservation effort to save the vaquita porpoise…
Credit: Kerry Coughlin/National Marine Mammal Foundation SAN FELIPE, BAJA CALIFORNIA – An international team of experts has gathered in San...
Researchers may hold key to developing a single treatment against several types of Ebola
IMAGE: This is the lead UTMB author, Alex Bukreyev Credit: The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston A collaborative...
New species of marine spider emerges at low tide to remind scientists…
Credit: R. Raven It was 02:00h on 11 January 2009 when the sea along the coastline of Australia's "Sunshine State"...
Sea traffic pollutes our lungs more than previously thought
New data presented by researchers at Lund University and others in the journal Oceanologia show that the air along the...
Treating Parkinson’s disease by solving the mysteries of…
IMAGE: These are neurons in the brainstem involved in walking are lit up using optogenetics. Credit: Tom Roseberry, Gladstone Institutes...
The controversial origin of a symbol of the American west
Credit: Yukon Government SANTA CRUZ, CA – March 13, 2017 – New research by Professor Beth Shapiro of the UC...
Modifying therapeutic DNA aptamers to keep them in the bloodstream…
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, November 29, 2017–Designing new therapeutic DNA aptamers with diverse side chains...
Wolves understand cause and effect better than dogs
Credit: Michelle Lampe/Wolf Science Center A good example of the connection between cause and effect, is that an object which...
Tracking oxygen saturation, plus vital signs, to identify vulnerable preemies
Credit: Children's National Health System Critically ill infants in neonatal intensive care units (NICU) require constant monitoring of their vital...
MD Anderson, Oncora Medical team up to fight cancer with precision…
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON and PHILADELPHIA ? Oncora Medical, a precision radiation oncology software company, and The University...
Small but mighty: Tiny proteins with big roles in biology
Credit: MIT/Yale LA JOLLA–(December 5, 2016) We all know how hard it is to find something small like a dropped...
Women at greater risk for Zika infection due to suppressed vaginal…
Credit: Shahzada Khan, Gladstone Institutes Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes discovered that the vaginal immune system is suppressed in response...
New study: Children with autism may be over-diagnosed with ADHD
Credit: The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia A well-established screening tool used to assess children for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may...
