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Fossilized bees were finicky pollen collectors
The ancestors of honeybees, living 50 million years ago, were fairly choosy when it came to feeding their offspring. This...
Satellites, airport visibility readings shed light on troops’…
Credit: NASA Using data from NASA satellites and airport visibility sensors, Veterans Affairs (VA) researchers and colleagues are extending an...
Scientists win UN data prize for monitoring threats to South African biodiversity hotspot
Credit: Adam Wilson BUFFALO, N.Y. — South Africa's Cape Floristic Region is one of the richest repositories of plant life...
Are patients sufficiently shielded against stray radiation during CT…
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, November 21, 2017–Radiation exposure during diagnostic imaging such as computed tomography...
Research shows new neurons created through exercise don’t cause…
Credit: Texas A&M Health Science Center Research has found that exercise causes more new neurons to be formed in a...
Surprising discovery — how the African tsetse fly really drinks your blood
Credit: University of Bristol Researchers at the University of Bristol have been taking a close-up look at the biting mouthparts...
Strathclyde professor receives RSE Royal Medal from Her Majesty the…
Credit: Gary Doak Photography, courtesy of the RSE. A University of Strathclyde Professor has received a prestigious award from the...
Born to love superheroes
Credit: Kyoto University Japan — We recognize justice before we can talk, reports a research team in Nature Human Behaviour....
How does brain functional connectivity change from the awake to unconscious state?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, February 8, 2017–A new study examined how brain functional connectivity patterns...
DNA evidence shows that salmon hatcheries cause substantial, rapid…
CORVALLIS, Ore. – A new study on steelhead trout in Oregon offers genetic evidence that wild and hatchery fish are...
TSRI study identifies new type of protein clump that may be implicated…
LA JOLLA, CA – March 10, 2016 – A new study led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)...
New approach could make bone marrow transplants safer
Credit: BD Colen Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) scientists have taken the first steps toward developing a treatment that would...
Simple tasks don’t test brain’s true complexity
Credit: Xaq Pitkow/Dora Angelaki The human brain naturally makes its best guess when making a decision, and studying those guesses...
Top performance thanks to optimal settings
Credit: Photo: KIT/Markus Breig Participants in the hardest bicycle races in the world, such as the Race Across America (4800...
The upside of worrying
Credit: UC Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Worry – it does a body good. And, the mind as well. A new...
A surprizing finding shines new light on the largest group of human…
Credit: Frank Schmitges et al. Toronto scientists have discovered that the largest group of human proteins, which work as genome...
Scientists reveal role for lysosome transport in Alzheimer’s disease progression
Credit: Gowrishankar et al., 2017 Researchers from Yale University School of Medicine have discovered that defects in the transport of...
Ecotourism: Loving animals to death?
Credit: Springer Watching wildlife can make more money for more people than killing it. But the planet is becoming ever-more...
Tufts researchers uncover possible source of genetic error causing…
Credit: Melody Ko/Tufts University MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. (December 5, 2016)–Tufts University researchers have discovered a possible explanation for the occurrence of...
Menopause triggers metabolic changes in brain that may promote Alzheimer’s
Credit: WCM Menopause causes metabolic changes in the brain that may increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease, a team from...
