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Science news presents The SN 10: Scientists to Watch
Credit: Illustration Credit: Sam Falconer WASHINGTON, DC, Oct. 4, 2017 - Why aren't more scientists household names? For the third...
Study: Sunlight and the right microbes convert Arctic carbon into carbon dioxide
Credit: Rose Cory, University of Michigan CORVALLIS, Ore. - Nearly half of the organic carbon stored in soil around the...
Female fish like males who sing
Credit: The University of Gothenburg Noisier seas seem to hamper fish reproduction. A new doctoral thesis from the University of...
Study investigates the presence of contaminants on drinking water
(Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo) Comparative analysis between sanitation systems in Brazil and the USA...
A win-win for spotted owls and forest management
Credit: John Keane, USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station Remote sensing technology has detected what could be a win...
Asthma increases risk of complications during pregnancy and delivery
Women with asthma suffer more often from preeclampsia (PE) and run a higher risk of giving birth to underweight babies....
Hurricane exposes and washes away thousands of sea turtle nests
Credit: G. Stahelin, Univeristy of Central Florida Hurricane Irma took a devastating toll on incubating sea turtle nests in the...
Montana State researchers win grant to study gut microbiome-arsenic interactions
BOZEMAN - Two Montana State University researchers in different disciplines have teamed up to tackle the problem of arsenic poisoning,...
Toxic cocktail: Okinawan pit viper genome reveals evolution of snake venom
Credit: OIST/Steven Aird A bite from a pit viper, locally known as habu, can cause permanent disability and even death....
Meet Madagascar’s oldest animal lineage, a whirligig beetle with 206-million-year-old origins
Credit: Grey Gustafson | KU News Service LAWRENCE -- There are precious few species today in the biodiversity hotspot of...
Fish shrinking as ocean temperatures rise
One of the most economically important fish is shrinking in body weight, length and overall physical size as ocean temperatures...
Review articles put animal models under closer scrutiny
A new review article supported by a grant offered by Humane Society International has been published in the journal Plos...
Women use gossip to compete for a man’s attention
Although both men and women gossip, women may be more likely to use gossiping and rumour-mongering as tactics to badmouth...
University of Guelph researchers discover why females have heart health advantage
It's long been known that heart disease develops later in women than men. But the biological reasons why females have...
Different sugars, different risks to your liver
BOSTON - (Oct. 3, 2017) - If you're one of the two billion people in the world who are over-weight...
NYSCF and BBDF announce the availability of stem cell lines for research
The New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) and Beyond Batten Disease Foundation (BBDF) today announce the availability of a unique...
The vitamin ergothioneine: an antioxidant for oxygen-free areas?
Chemists at the University of Basel have been able to show for the first time that anaerobic bacteria can produce...
Fitbit-style prosthetics? Navy developing ‘smart’ artificial limbs
Credit: Joseph Xu/Senior Multimedia Content Producer, University of Michigan - College of Engineering ARLINGTON, Va.--Traditional leg prosthetics enable amputees to...
New AAAS Kavli lecture series to discuss issues in science journalism
Three prominent journalists will discuss the challenges of accurately reporting and presenting the latest science news in a series of...
Plants become more tolerant when living in symbiosis with fungi
Credit: Cornelia Spetea Wiklund, University of Gothenburg By developing a symbiotic relationship with fungi, plants not only become more tolerant...
