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New study examines the effect of ecstasy on the brain
Researchers from the University of Liverpool have conducted a study examining the effect ecstasy has on different parts of the...
Best regions for growing bioenergy crops identified
New research has identified regions in the United States where bioenergy crops would grow best while minimizing effects on water...
Get to know them faster: Alternative time-efficient way to describe new moth species
Having collected thousands of moth and butterfly species from across Costa Rica, famous ecologist Daniel Janzen, University of Pennsylvania, and...
New ‘needle-pulse’ beam pattern packs a punch
Credit: Photo by J. Adam Fenster/University of Rochester A new beam pattern devised by University of Rochester researchers could bring...
Fine-tuning for intestinal immune cells
Credit: © Photo: Volker Lannert/University of Bonn An international team of researchers under the leadership of the LIMES Institute and...
In wide range of species, longevity proteins affect dozens of the same…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Whether a creature is a worm, a fly, a mouse, or a human, death inevitably awaits. And...
Take advantage of evolution in malaria fight, scientists say
Credit: Penelope Lynch Scientists could harness the power of evolution to stop mosquitoes spreading malaria, according to new research by...
Scientists make a major breakthrough to treat fibrotic diseases that…
Credit: Prof Stuart Cook and Asst. Prof Sebastian Schaefer Researchers from Duke-NUS Medical School (Duke-NUS) and the National Heart Centre...
Microbes leave ‘fingerprints’ on Martian rocks
Credit: Copyright: Tetyana Milojevic At the Department of Biophysical Chemistry at the University of Vienna, Tetyana Milojevic and her team...
South Carolina & George Mason link women’s sexual…
Credit: Lisa Lindley Unhappiness about a pregnancy or birth has been associated with negative health outcomes for mothers and babies....
Cardiac arrests in black neighborhoods less likely to get CPR, defibrillation
Credit: Shawn Rocco, Duke Health DURHAM, N.C. — Surviving cardiac arrest often seems like a matter of luck — whether...
Putting the sloth in sloths: Arboreal lifestyle drives slow motion…
Credit: UW-Madison/Zach Peery MADISON, Wis. — Although most of the terrestrial world is covered in trees, there are precious few...
Elucidated connection between renal failure and ‘bad’…
Credit: Egor Plotnikov Biologists from the A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, a unit of the Lomonosov Moscow State University...
E-cigarettes linked to increased arterial stiffness, blood pressure…
Milan, Italy: New research has shown for the first time that e-cigarettes with nicotine cause a stiffening of the arteries...
Flu infection study increases understanding of natural immunity
Credit: NIH WHAT: People with higher levels of antibodies against the stem portion of the influenza virus hemagglutinin (HA) protein...
First global analysis indicates leopards have lost nearly 75 percent…
Credit: Rebecca Schoonover WASHINGTON (May 4, 2016)–The leopard (Panthera pardus), one of the world's most iconic big cats, has lost...
Graduate research fellow investigates how fungi and fire enable pine savanna ecosystem to…
Credit: Jacob Hopkins | KU News Service LAWRENCE — For most humans, fire symbolizes destruction and death. Yet nature often...
Rational autologous cell sources for therapy of heart failure
The combination of cell and gene therapy is rapidly raising clinical interest, although their combination has been under investigation for...
Meridian Health Foundation Premiers BuildingHOPE Benefit
Fundraising event, formerly known as the Sweetheart Ball, benefits oncology research through Meridian Cancer Care. The BuildingHOPE Benefit is chaired...
The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine issues guidance on informal milk sharing
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, January 8, 2018– In response to the increasing informal sharing of...
