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Maize from El Gigante Rock Shelter shows early transition to staple crop
Credit: Ken Hirth, Penn State Mid-summer corn on the cob is everywhere, but where did it all come from and...
Afforestation with non-native trees alters island soils
Credit: Thomas Marler A healthy global debate has occurred concerning the benefits of using non-native trees for restoring some aspects...
A mathematical crystal ball gazes into future of prostate cancer treatment
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center The chemotherapy docetaxel is widely accepted as a standard therapy for metastatic castration-resistant prostate...
Drug short-circuits cancer signaling
La Jolla, Calif., August 4, 2017 - Researchers at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP) have published a study...
Brain tumor scientists map mutation that drives tumors in childhood cancer survivors
Credit: UHN (TORONTO, Canada - Aug. 4, 2017) - Neuroscientists have uncovered the genetic basis for why many long-term survivors...
Researchers working on blood test to detect brain metastases while still treatable
Credit: Houston Methodist Houston Methodist cancer researchers are now closer to creating a blood test that can identify breast cancer...
Cultural activities may influence the way we think
A new Tel Aviv University study suggests that cultural activities, such as the use of language, influence our learning processes,...
Tracing the path of Parkinson’s disease proteins
As neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease progress, misfolded proteins clump together in neurons, recruiting normal proteins in...
Technology tracks ‘bee talk’ to help improve honey bee health
Credit: SFU Simon Fraser University graduate student Oldooz Pooyanfar is monitoring what more than 20,000 honeybees housed in hives in...
Recreating the wild: De-extinction, technology, and the ethics of conservation
Is extinction forever? Efforts are under way to use gene editing and other tools of biotechnology to "recreate" extinct species...
UM researchers to study genome role in survival of plants, animals
MISSOULA - Understanding how wild animals and plants survive in changing environments is the focus of a new collaboration between...
Origin of human genus may have occurred by chance
An often cited claim that humans, who are smarter and more technologically advanced than their ancestors, originated in response to...
Microbot origami can capture, transport single cells
Credit: Orlin Velev, NC State University Researchers at North Carolina State University and Duke University have developed a way to...
UM postdoc fellow takes advantage of cold snap to study natural selection in lizards
MISSOULA - Research by University of Montana postdoctoral fellow Shane Campbell-Staton appears in the latest issue of the journal Science....
Scientists discover unknown virus in ‘throwaway’ DNA
A chance discovery has opened up a new method of finding unknown viruses. In research published in the journal Virus...
New, more sensitive sensor for evaluating drug safety
Credit: Yu Liu, Penn State University A new technique for evaluating drug safety can detect stress on cells at earlier...
Sending the right signals
Through a process called cell signaling, cells collaborate on necessary functions such as responding to changes in the environment, fighting...
$3.2M grant to The Jackson Laboratory for study of new ALS candidate gene
A new five-year federal research grant totaling $3,322,009 to The Jackson Laboratory (JAX) will fund studies of a new mouse...
Wildlife royalties — a future for conservation?
Should people who profit from the cultural representation of wildlife pay towards conservation? That is the question asked in new...
Drug safety for penguins
Credit: Thinkstock Researchers from the University's Institute of Translational Medicine have determined the most effective drug dose to help penguins...
