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Largest-ever study to look at maternal nitrate consumption and birth outcomes
Nitrate is the most common contaminant in aquifers and tap water throughout the world, but its effects on human health...
In a first for wearable optics, researchers develop stretchy fiber to capture body motion
Credit: Changxi Yang, Tsinghua University WASHINGTON -- The exciting applications of wearable sensors have sparked a tremendous amount of research...
Researchers find mechanism involved in novel drug design with potential to treat tuberculosis
Credit: Gonçalo Bernardes Lab, iMM Lisboa A team of researchers from Instituto de Medicina Molecular (iMM) Lisboa successfully used a...
New autism & innovation center receives NSF and Research Corporation grants
Credit: Amy Wolf & Patrick Slattery, Vanderbilt University Creating a model pipeline that will assist adults on the autism spectrum...
Electric cars can become more eco-friendly through life cycle assessment
(Chalmers University of Technology) It is time to stop discussing whether electric cars are good or bad. Instead industry, authorities...
Interdisciplinary approaches to wildlife trade management
The BioScience Talks podcast features discussions of topical issues related to the biological sciences. The illicit wildlife trade is a...
Luring hornets: Scientists unlock sex pheromone of notorious honey bee predator
Credit: James Nieh Over the past decade, Asian hornets, predatory insects with a widespread and expanding population, have invaded parts...
Autism often associated with multiple new mutations
Credit: Michael McCarthy/UW Medicine Most cases of autism appear to be associated with the appearance of new mutations that are...
Brain imaging results skewed by biased study samples
Any scientist who studies groups of people knows that the characteristics of the "sample" -- the group of people selected...
Combination of El Niño and 2016 Ecuador earthquake likely worsened Zika outbreak
(American Geophysical Union) Combination of El Niño and 2016 Ecuador earthquake likely worsened Zika outbreak
Physicist named a 2017 CIFAR Azrieli Global scholar
Credit: CIFAR. RIVERSIDE, Calif. - Nathaniel M. Gabor, an assistant professor of physics at the University of California, Riverside, has...
NJIT’s Kamalesh Sirkar wins coveted Award for Membrane Science and Technology Innovation
Credit: NJIT Kamalesh Sirkar, a chemical engineer acclaimed for his innovations in industrial membrane technology used to separate and purify...
New study suggests that last common ancestor of humans and apes was smaller than thought
New research suggests that the last common ancestor of apes--including great apes and humans--was much smaller than previously thought, about...
One if by editing, two if by roadblock: Human protein fights HIV as monomer and dimer
Credit: Mike Morse/Northeastern University Fifteen years ago, a class of proteins was discovered, which give humans innate immunity to HIV-1....
Biology study suggests father’s nutrition before sex could contribute to health of baby
Credit: Michal Polak/UC Doctors long have stressed the importance of good nutrition for expectant mothers. Now biologists at the University...
Livestock grazing management compatible with nesting greater sage-grouse
A new study published in the Journal of Wildlife Management looks at whether management of livestock grazing may help protect...
New drug hope for rare bone cancer patients
Patients with a rare bone cancer of the skull and spine - chordoma - could be helped by existing drugs,...
An evolving sticky situation
Credit: Luke Mahler EAST LANSING, Mich. - While many animals try to avoid sticky situations, lizards evolved to seek them...
UH, ExxonMobil Chemical Company sign research agreement
ExxonMobil Chemical Company and the University of Houston have signed a multi-year research agreement that will focus on helping the...
Climate Risk Insurance Initiative wins Momentum for Change Award
Credit: UNU-EHS Bonn, 12 September 2017 - Today, the Munich Climate Insurance Initiative (MCII) won the prestigious 2017 Momentum for...
