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A rising star
It's a tiny marine invertebrate, no more than 3 millimeters in size. But closely related to humans, Botryllus schlosseri might...
New report examines evidence on interventions to prevent cognitive decline, dementia
WASHINGTON - Cognitive training, blood pressure management for people with hypertension, and increased physical activity all show modest but inconclusive...
Turtle go-slow zone extensions needed
James Cook University marine scientists are calling for an extension of go-slow zones in turtle habitats to reduce boat strikes...
How serious is binge drinking among college students with disabilities?
Los Angeles, CA (June 22, 2017) A new study finds that college students with disabilities binge drink more often than...
Uncomfortable summer heat makes people moody and unhelpful, new research finds
Associate professor Liuba Belkin of Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and Maryam Kouchaki, assistant professor at Northwestern in Evanston, Illinois,...
How do genes get new jobs? Wasp venom offers new insights
Credit: Matthew Mann/ University of Rochester Amid the incredible diversity of living things on our planet, there is a common...
Lessons from whale population collapse could help future species at risk
A study of historic whaling records has revealed there were warning signs that populations of commercially harvested whales were heading...
NRL issued patent for solar microbial fuel cell
Credit: (U.S. Naval Research Laboratory) WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), Center for Biomolecular Science and Engineering, has...
Alzheimer’s disease study links brain health and physical activity
Credit: University of Wisconsin-Madison MADISON, Wis. - People at risk for Alzheimer's disease who do more moderate-intensity physical activity, but...
How pythons regenerate their organs and other secrets of the snake genome
Credit: Todd Castoe Evolution takes eons, but it leaves marks on the genomes of organisms that can be detected with...
Geology rocks the Pacific Northwest: GSA Meeting returns to Seattle
Boulder, CO, USA: Registration is open for The Geological Society of America's Annual Meeting & Exposition, to be held 22-25...
Don’t lose sleep over sharing your bed with your pet or kids
About half of all pet owners share their beds or bedrooms with their pets at night. Although this has been...
Australian origin likely for iconic New Zealand tree
Credit: Image credit: Kahuroa. No rights reserved. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MetrosiderosAK.jpg Ancestors of the iconic New Zealand Christmas Tree, P?hutukawa, may...
Veteran scientist shares wisdom, experiences, crop management tactics in new book
Credit: The American Phytopathological Society St. Paul, Minn. (June 2017)--Dr. R. James (Jim) Cook, a retired research plant pathologist, U.S....
The ‘Star dust’ wasp is a new extinct species named after David Bowie’s alter ego
Credit: Dr. Elijah J. Talamas During her study on fossil insects of the order Hymenoptera at China's Capitol Normal University,...
Critical gaps in our knowledge of where infectious diseases occur
Credit: C. Rahbek, L. A. Hansen, J. Fjeldså, One-degree resolution database of the global distribution of birds (The Natural History...
Sea sponges stay put with anchors that bend but don’t break
Credit: Kesari Lab/Brown Universtiy PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Sea sponges known as Venus' flower baskets remain fixed to the sea floor...
UM research points to previously unknown pine marten diversity
MISSOULA - The elusive American pine marten, a little-studied member of the weasel family, might be more diverse than originally...
An integrated perspective on diabetic, alcoholic, and drug-induced neuropathy
Despite its pervasiveness, many physicians are unfamiliar with how best to treat of NeuP, partly due to few reviews available...
Diabetes patients still produce insulin
Some insulin is still produced in almost half of the patients that have had type 1 diabetes for more than...
