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Bacterium named after UQ researcher
Credit: The University of Queensland University of Queensland microbiologist Emeritus Professor John Fuerst has a new bacterial genus (a group...
Improved knowledge of shelf life of food
"Best before", "usable at least until" and "expiry date" – those are the Danish shelf life labels used in connection...
Kent State researcher examines vaccine rejection and hesitancy, calls to promote…
Credit: Kent State University The center of a public health debate is whether parents should have their children vaccinated. Tara...
Scientists build a better cancer drug to pass through blood-brain barrier
Credit: N/A In efforts to develop new treatments for brain cancer, scientists from Johns Hopkins Drug Discovery and the Kimmel...
The consumption of legumes is associated with a lower risk of diabetes
Credit: CSIRO Legumes are a food group rich in B vitamins, contain different beneficial minerals (calcium, potassium and magnesium) and...
Grill with caution: Wire bristles from barbecue brushes can cause…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (May 24, 2016) — While many people view Memorial Day weekend as the unofficial start of the summer...
Kent State biologist nets grant to study calorie-burning process to…
Credit: Kent State University Physical activity is essential to fighting obesity, and scientists are constantly working to make this activity...
Orangutans: Lethal aggression between females
IMAGE: This is Sidony, a much older resident female who had a history of aggressive interaction with Kondor. Credit: Anna...
Global maternal mortality fell 44 percent since 1990: UN group, UMass…
AMHERST, Mass. – A new analysis of maternal mortality worldwide conducted by the United Nations inter-agency group on maternal mortality...
Got hives? Hold the steroids
Credit: American College of Emergency Physicians WASHINGTON — Despite standard use for the itching associated with urticaria (commonly known as...
Army medicine opens the door for vision prosthetic prototypes
Army medical research funding has supported the development of innovative technologies to assist injured Service members and improve their quality...
Supporting pollinators could have big payoff for Texas cotton farmers
According to a new study by The University of Texas at Austin, increasing the diversity of pollinator species, including bees,...
Manipulating gene expression precisely using light
Credit: Ogasawara S., Duration control of protein expression in vivo by light-mediated reversible activation of translation. ACS Chemical Biology, Jan...
Genetic instructions from mom set the pattern for embryonic development
Credit: Pelliccia et al., 2017. A new study indicates an essential role for a maternally inherited gene in embryonic development....
Penn researchers find heart attack patients not always receiving lowest-risk care
PHILADELPHIA – More than 375,000 American each year experience a heart attack, during which blood flow to a part of...
Scripps Florida scientists develop new drug delivery method for cancer…
Credit: The Scripps Research Institute JUPITER, FL – March 16, 2017 – Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps...
How voters would accept higher gas tax
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Americans would be more likely to accept a gas tax increase if they knew the extra...
Fixating on faces
Credit: J. Minxha/Adolphs lab When we are walking down a crowded street, our brains are constantly active, processing a myriad...
Poison-ivy an unlikely hero in warding off exotic invaders?
Credit: Chris Martine Dozens of studies have looked at the effects of Japanese knotweed on natural communities in Europe and...
Long-snouted Amazonian catfishes including three new species to form a…
Being close relatives within the same genus, eight catfishes showed enough external differences, such as characteristic elongated mouths, hinting to...
