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Burn without concern
Credit: Minnesota Incident Command Center The USDA Forest Service in the Boundary Waters Canoe Wilderness Area (BWCWA) will continue to...
Reconstruction of ancient chromosomes offers insight into mammalian evolution
Credit: Harris Lewin, UC Davis What if researchers could go back in time 105 million years and accurately sequence the...
Urban agriculture only provides small environmental benefits in northeastern US
"Buy local" sounds like a great environmental slogan, epitomized for city dwellers by urban agriculture. But when it comes to...
Sarepta Therapeutics and Genethon announce gene therapy research collaboration for Duchenne muscula
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and EVRY, France, June 21, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:SRPT), a U.S. commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company...
Marriage makes men fatter, shows new research
Being married makes men gain weight, and the early days of fatherhood add to the problem, finds new research from...
The brain mechanism behind multitasking
Although "multitasking" is a popular buzzword, research shows that only 2% of the population actually multitasks efficiently. Most of us...
Single fungus amplifies Crohn’s disease symptoms
Bottom Line: A microscopic fungus called Candida tropicalis triggered gut inflammation and exacerbated symptoms of Crohn's disease, in a recent...
Temple study: Extra-virgin olive oil preserves memory & protects brain against Alzheimer’s
Credit: Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University (Philadelphia, PA) - The Mediterranean diet, rich in plant-based foods, is...
New clues in puzzle over pre-eclampsia and cholesterol regulation
Scientists studying a mystery link between the dangerous pregnancy complication pre-eclampsia and an increased risk of heart disease in later...
New statistical method finds shared ancestral gene variants involved in autism’s cause
Cold Spring Harbor, NY - The way you measure things has a lot to do with the value of the...
ACP’s initial review of QPP proposed rule ‘encouraging’
The American College of Physicians (ACP) is encouraged that the 2018 proposed rule to implement the Quality Payment Program (QPP),...
UTMB researchers shed new light on a key player in brain development
GALVESTON, Texas - Researchers at The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston have shed light on how the developing...
Systems pharmacology modelers accelerate drug discovery in Alzheimer’s
Credit: © InSysBio Alzheimer's is a chronic neurodegenerative disease which leads to the senile cognitive impairment and memory loss. Every...
When lovers touch, their breathing and heartbeat syncs, pain wanes, study shows
Fathers-to-be, take note: You may be more useful in the labor and delivery room than you realize. That's one takeaway...
Pollinator extinctions alter structure of ecological networks
The absence of a single dominant bumblebee species from an ecosystem disrupts foraging patterns among a broad range of remaining...
Late premature birth increases risk of recurrent hospitalization for respiratory illness
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 21, 2017--A new study of children up to 2 years...
New study examines relationship between emotion regulation and brain connectivity in ASD
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 21, 2017--Emotional control varies among children with autism spectrum disorder...
CPAP improves respiratory and survival rates in children in Ghana
June 21, 2017 -- A study by researchers at Columbia University Medical Center and the Mailman School of Public Health...
New femto-camera with quadrillion fractions of a second resolution
Credit: ITMO University Researchers from ITMO University have built a setup for recording holograms of tiny objects like living cells...
Screen time or story time?
Pediatricians, educators, and parents have always agreed on at least one thing: reading to your toddler - early on in...
