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EMBO welcomes 65 new members
Heidelberg, June 16, 2017 - EMBO announces today that 65 outstanding life scientists have been elected to its membership, joining...
I can hear you now: Clinic provides free hearing aids for low-income adults
Credit: Michigan Medicine Low-income people dealing with hearing loss just got a little hope. Doctors from Michigan Medicine's Department of...
Researchers find way to reduce environmental impact of idling buses and delivery trucks
Researchers at the University of Waterloo have developed a system for service vehicles that could reduce emissions and save companies...
Biologists have explored how testate amoebae survive in peat fires
Credit: Yuri Mazei An International team from China University of Geosciences, University of York and Lomonosov Moscow State University have...
Investigating emotional spillover in the brain
Life is full of emotional highs and lows, ranging from enjoying an activity with a loved one and savoring a...
Older adults can improve movement by using same motor strategy as babies
BEER-SHEVA, Israel...June 16, 2017 A motor mechanism that has been attributed primarily to early development in babies and toddlers can...
Skin disease caused by sperm cell transmission of keratin mutation
Credit: Michihiro Kono Nagoya, Japan - Birthmarks can be caused by an overgrowth of cells in the top layer of...
Building a better alligator: Researchers develop advanced 3-D models of bite data
Credit: Casey Holliday COLUMBIA, Mo. - The skulls of alligators protect their brains, eyes and sense organs while producing some...
New data shows low risk nicotine product snus is 95 percent safer than smoking
EMBARGOED UNTIL New data analysis presented today at the annual Global Forum on Nicotone (GFN) meeting demonstrates the potential of...
Viral vectors for gene transfer travel longer distances in the brain than thought
Credit: Kirsti Witter/Vetmeduni Vienna Gene transfer is seen as a hopeful therapy for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's patients. The approach involves...
Novel approach may improve valve function in some patients
WASHINGTON (June 16, 2017) -- Pulsed cavitation ultrasound can be used to remotely soften human degenerative calcified biosprosthetic valves and...
Why is one twin smaller than the other? Answer could lie in the placenta
BOSTON (June 16, 2017) - When a baby is born small, it's often attributed to genetic factors or maternal risk...
Increase in ciguatera fish poisoning cases in Europe
The substance ciguatoxin is only found in fish from tropical and subtropical seas. For some years now, cases of ciguatera...
Antibiotics promote resistance on experimental croplands
Washington, DC - June 16, 2017 - Canadian researchers have generated both novel and existing antibiotic resistance mechanisms on experimental...
Among farmworkers, immigrants are less likely to use SNAP
Credit: UC Regents 2017 The federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) -- formerly known as "food stamps" -- that helps...
Bacteria free themselves with molecular ‘speargun’
Credit: University of Basel, Biozentrum Many bacteria are armed with nano-spearguns, which they use to combat unwelcome competitors or knockout...
Researchers use light to manipulate mosquitoes
Credit: University of Notre Dame Scientists at the University of Notre Dame have found that exposure to just 10 minutes...
Save the Date: Leading acoustics meeting in Boston June 25-29, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C., June 16, 2017 -- Science promises to sound more exciting than ever at this year's joint Acoustical Society...
Education for people with RMDS and employers can improve ability to work
The results of an educational programme implemented by the Galician Rheumatology League (LRG), presented today at the Annual European Congress...
New approach to unlock the genetic potential of plant cell wall
Researchers from the University of York and the Quadram Institute have unlocked the genetic secrets of plant cell walls, which...
