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Warm periods in the 20th century are not unprecedented during the last 2,000 years
Credit: Yang Liu & Jingyun Zheng A great deal of evidence relating to ancient climate variation is preserved in proxy...
NIH accelerates the use of genomics in clinical care
Credit: Ernesto Del Aguila, NHGRI The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is awarding $18.9 million towards research that aims to...
MPFI researchers make significant advance in understanding calcium channel function
Credit: Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience Approximately eight years ago, former Research Group Leader at Max Planck Florida Institute...
Local collaboration key to protecting pollinators while managing ticks, mosquitoes
Annapolis, MD; Aug. 3, 2017 -- Managing mosquito and tick populations and protecting the health of pollinators are growing concerns...
A taste cell encyclopedia
Credit: Monell Center PHILADELPHIA (August 8, 2017) -- A significant technological advance from the Monell Center now allows scientists to...
The mystery of the yellowing sugarcane
Credit: Annelie Marquardt, Sugar Research Australia Since 2011, a mysterious illness known as Yellow Canopy Syndrome, or YCS, has afflicted...
Scientists prevent neurodegeneration-associated protein clumping in lab study
Credit: Monahan et. al. Scientists report in a new study that by imitating a natural process of cells, they prevented...
Playing with your brain
Human-computer interactions, such as playing video games, can have a negative impact on the brain, says a new Canadian study...
UTA team brings robotic main inspections to Ennis
Credit: City of Arlington A collaboration between UTA and the city of Arlington using an underground robot to view sewer...
Four new fruit fly species from the Himalaya and information about their flower visitation
Credit: Dr Rajendra S Fartyal The first record of flower visitation in a group of fruit flies from Himalayan India...
A champion for plants
Native plants have a guardian angel in Susan Mazer. Her research as a botanist has furthered the conservation of some...
Are learning and unlearning bedfellows?
The human brain's capacity for learning is astonishing: it can even memorize meaningless sounds if repeated. Hence, a pattern of...
Dopaminergic neurons derived from iPSCs in non-human primate model
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, August 8, 2017-Researchers have demonstrated the ability to generate dopaminergic neurons...
Newly discovered pathway for pain processing could lead to new treatments
The discovery of a new biological pathway involved in pain processing offers hope of using existing cancer drugs to replace...
Magnetic fields turn up the heat on bacterial biofilms
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - August 8, 2017 - A short exposure to an alternating magnetic field might someday replace...
Asian hornet to colonize UK within 2 decades without action
Credit: National Bee Unit Honey bees across Europe have been impacted by Asian hornet since it first arrived in France...
Amateur collectors in Japan discover country’s first and oldest fossil diving bird
Credit: Illustration by Masato Hattori HOKKAIDO, JAPAN (Aug. 8, 2017) - During a walk near a reservoir in a small...
Research-focused UH biotech program to expand nationally
Credit: University of Houston An innovative approach integrating classroom instruction and research at the University of Houston will be spread...
Scientists restore youthful plasticity to the brains of adult mice
Credit: Elissa Pastuzyn Like much of the rest of the body, the brain loses flexibility with age, impacting the ability...
Penn State’s Institute for CyberScience faculty member wins $1.9 million NIH award
Edward O'Brien, assistant professor of chemistry, Penn State and an associate with the University's Institute for CyberScience (ICS), has received...
