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Shape-shifting agent targets harmful bacteria in the stomach
Credit: Images courtesy of Jianjun Cheng, University of Illinois CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A new shape-shifting polymer can target and kill...
Reduced impact logging still harms biodiversity in tropical…
Credit: Felipe Franca More than 403 million hectares of tropical forests worldwide have been earmarked for timber concessions with selective...
A moving story of FHL2 and forces
Credit: Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore Researchers from the Mechanobiology Institute (MBI) at the National University of Singapore (NUS)...
Great apes communicate cooperatively
Credit: M. Froehlich / Max Planck Institute for Ornithology Human communication is one of the most sophisticated signalling systems, being...
Cardiorespiratory fitness is essential to reduce risk of coronary…
Credit: The Cooper Institute Rochester, MN, November 17, 2017 – Coronary heart disease (CHD) is a leading cause of death...
Unveiling nasty act of trans-fatty acids in blood
Credit: Creative Commons Zero () license Tohoku University researchers have found that trans-fatty acids promote cell death in a more...
3-D footage of nematode brains links neurons with motion and behavior
Princeton University researchers have captured among the first recordings of neural activity in nearly the entire brain of a free-moving...
Using microfluidic devices to sort stem cells
While there are no cures for neurological diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, many researchers believe that one could be...
Exercise, more than diet, key to preventing obesity
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Two factors–metabolism and gut microbes – have been credited by researchers as key players in the fight...
Science Bulletin published a special topic on ‘stem cell, basis and application’
Stem cells sustain the capacity of self-renewal and differentiation into specialized cells, offering exciting promises in both basic and applied...
Blood pressure medication paves the way for approaches to managing…
Credit: Svein Olav Bratlie/University of Gothenburg New ways of using mechanisms behind certain blood pressure medications may in the future...
Want to save tigers? Better have your numbers straight
Credit: Ullas Karanth/WCS A new book co-edited by tiger biologist Dr. Ullas Karanth of (WCS) Wildlife Conservation Society and Dr....
Goal of new tissue-chip research is to assess efficacy of novel…
Credit: VIIBRE, Vanderbilt University An interdisciplinary team of Vanderbilt University researchers has received a two-year, $2-million federal grant to develop...
Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a stem cell disease
A new study from The Ottawa Hospital and the University of Ottawa is poised to completely change our understanding of...
Drunken noodles or Pad Kee Mao? Language matters on ethnic menus
Credit: Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ethnic restaurants like to brag about how "authentic" they are. But when it...
Women show cognitive advantage in gender-equal countries
Women's cognitive functioning past middle age may be affected by the degree of gender equality in the country they live...
Implantable wireless devices trigger — and may block — pain signals
Building on wireless technology that has the potential to interfere with pain, scientists have developed flexible, implantable devices that can...
Harvest of nuisance black bears in New Jersey reducing human-bear…
Credit: New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife LOGAN, UTAH, USA – Is there room for black bears in human-dominated...
Researchers collaborate to develop bird’s eye view of rural…
Credit: Wits University Scientists from the Wits School of Public Health, the Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI) in Kwa-Zulu Natal...
How to increase the fat burned during exercise
When we exercise, our body's oxidation of fat and carbohydrates depends on the intensity and duration of the activity. A...
