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Historic legacies affect climate change survival in Caribbean
Caribbean societies are among the least responsible for causing climate change but are among the most exposed to its negative...
New research to treat acute malnutrition
Credit: Kim Fleischer Michaelsen Researchers from the University of Copenhagen and humanitarian organizations have conducted a large study in Burkina...
Russian Science Foundation grant winners: Soil decontamination
The group is headed by Head of Biocontrol Lab, Associate Professor Polina Galitskaya. Dr. Galitskaya commented on the project, "After...
Magnetic cellular ‘Legos’ for the regenerative medicine of the future
By incorporating magnetic nanoparticles in cells and developing a system using miniaturized magnets, researchers at the Laboratoire Matière et Systèmes...
Your stools reveal whether you can lose weight
Credit: Lizette Kabré WEIGHT LOSS - Something as simple as a faeces sample reveals whether you can lose weight by...
Russian Science Foundation grant winners: New antibiotics
5 million rubles a year for three years will be allocated to this project titled "Structural and functional genetic analysis...
UltraSOL CurcuMIN line & CurcuWIN granted patent for sports performance benefits
Morristown, N.J., September 12, 2017 - OmniActive Health Technologies has been granted a US patent (Patent No: US 9724311) for...
Virginia Tech biochemists dip into the health benefits of olives and olive oil
Credit: Courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The health benefits of olives-- and associated natural products such...
Scientists find that nanoparticles from tattoos travel inside the body
Credit: Credits: ESRF/Ines Schreiver The elements that make up the ink in tattoos travel inside the body in micro and...
Researchers discover new, abundant enzyme that helps bacteria infect animals
Researchers have discovered a new class of enzymes in hundreds of bacterial species, including some that cause disease in humans...
‘Missing link’ explains how viruses trigger immunity
A discovery by Melbourne researchers has solved a longstanding mystery of how viruses trigger protective immunity within our body. The...
Farming fish
Steephead parrotfish (Chlorurus microrhinos) are picky eaters. In the central Pacific, however, they appear to have taken matters into their...
‘Keep it local’ approach more effective than government schemes at protecting rainforest
Conservation initiatives led by local and indigenous groups can be just as effective as schemes led by government, according to...
Modeling the impact of green eggs and hens
The whole food movement may be right; consumption of vegan and organic food can be the best choice for reducing...
Poll: Majority of Americans say tackle football is unsafe for young kids
LOWELL, Mass. - A majority of Americans believe it is not safe for children to play tackle football before they...
UMass Amherst study suggests father’s environmental exposure affects sperm epigenetics
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - Early results from a larger, ongoing study led by environmental health scientist Richard Pilsner...
Preeclampsia may boost heart disease risk by altering blood vessels
Preeclampsia may permanently change the blood vessels of women who experience the condition during pregnancy, boosting their lifelong risk for...
Household environment — not genetics — shapes salivary microbes
Washington, DC--September 12, 2017--Researchers in the United Kingdom have discovered that the mix of microorganisms that inhabit a person's saliva...
Study: Social media helps students learn scientific argumentation better
LAWRENCE -- Adults often bemoan the amount of time young people spend staring at a screen and browsing social media....
NIH awards $15 million to support development of 3-D human tissue models
More than 60 percent of investigational drugs fail in human clinical trials due to a lack of effectiveness, despite promising...
