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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...
Crunch time for food security
Credit: © Rothamsted Research Feelings often run high where insects are concerned, with many people even squeamish to look on...
Oral contraceptives don’t increase risk of birth defects
Oral contraceptives taken just before or during pregnancy do not increase the risk of birth defects, according to a new...
UH engineer locates brain’s seizure onset zone in record time
Credit: University of Houston HOUSTON, Feb. 1, 2018 – A University of Houston biomedical engineer is reporting a dramatic decrease...
New study explores how anxiety can aggravate asthma
Anxiety sensitivity, in simple terms, is a fear of fear. But when people with anxiety sensitivity also have asthma, their...
Key immunological mechanism for regulating intestinal flora discovered
Credit: Jose Cano Researchers at the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM) have shown for the first time that...
Chaining up diarrhea pathogens
Credit: Thierry Sollberger Vaccinations are known to protect against pathogens such as bacteria or viruses. They direct the body to...
Under Affordable Care Act, Americans have had more preventive care for heart health
Credit: UCLA Health By reducing out-of-pocket costs for preventive treatment, the Affordable Care Act appears to have encouraged more people...
Discovery of molecular nets inside heart muscles hold promise for new treatment
Credit: NUHS Researchers discover molecular nets inside heart muscles which hold promise for new heart failure treatment Singapore – Local...
Rice cultivation in Southeast Asia: 5 years of lessons learned by LEGATO
Credit: Pavel Stoev Five years of irrigated rice cultivation research reached its pinnacle at the Final LEGATO Conference, which took...
Residents of major Pakistan city are exposed to harmful pesticides
Credit: F Quaid-i-Azam University Residents and workers in a major Pakistan city are exposed to harmful levels of pesticides, new...
Penn team reverses signs of naturally occurring chronic periodontitis
Periodontitis, a gum disease present in nearly half of all adults in the United States, involves inflammation, bleeding and bone...
Researchers crack the smile, describing 3 types by muscle movement
Credit: Courtesy of Paula Niedenthal MADISON, Wis. — The smile may be the most common and flexible expression, used to...
OU Professor Recipient of National Award in Applied and Environmental Microbiology
University of Oklahoma Professor Joseph M. Suflita will receive a national award, the 2016 DuPont Industrial Biosciences Award in Applied...
SickKids-led project investigates malnutrition in children, liver…
Credit: © 2016 Sargent et al. Malnourished children living in the same household who are given the same food to...
Freiburg biologists explain function of Pentagone
How do the cells in a human embryo know where they are located in the body and how they should...
Gene-editing technique successfully stops progression of Duchenne muscular dystrophy
IMAGE: Members of the UT Southwestern team whose research successfully halted progression of a form of muscular dystrophy in mice...
Study points a way to better implantable medical devices
Credit: Photo-illustration by Felice Frankel CAMBRIDGE, MA — Medical devices implanted in the body for drug delivery, sensing, or tissue...
Ninety-six scientists co-author paper on rainforest mammals
Credit: (c) Noé de la Sancha, The Field Museum. Imagine your hometown or city's entire population had to live on...
Dogs’ social skills linked to oxytocin sensitivity
Credit: Mia Persson The tendency of dogs to seek contact with their owners is associated with genetic variations in sensitivity...
