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Mass extinctions led to low species diversity, dinosaur rule
Credit: Image courtesy of Victor O. Leshyk. Two of the earth's five mass extinction events - times when more than...
Genetic advance for male birth control
Credit: Photo by Derrick Turner EAST LANSING, Mich. - When it comes to birth control, many males turn to two...
Meeting an unmet need: A surgical implant that grows with a child
(BOSTON) -- Medical implants can save lives by correcting structural defects in the heart and other organs. But until now,...
Better mini brains could help scientists identify treatments for Zika-related brain damage
Credit: UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center/Cell Reports UCLA researchers have developed an improved technique for creating simplified human brain...
Sharing of science is most likely among male scientists
Humans are considered to be very prosocial in comparison to other animals, and many experiments have confirmed this idea. However,...
Study identifies whale blow microbiome
Credit: Photo by John Durban (NOAA), Holly Fearnbach (SR3) and Lance Barrett- Lennard (Coastal Ocean Research Institute). Drone collected samples...
Scientist to study biomarkers of brain region variation important to neuropsychiatric disorders
San Antonio, Texas (Oct. 10, 2017) - Neuropsychiatric disorders like bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder, schizophrenia, post-traumatic stress disorder, and...
MPFI scientists discover regional differences among chandelier cells
Credit: Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience The brain is composed of distinct regions that differ in their functional roles...
Growing human brain cells in the lab
San Francisco, CA--Li Gan, PhD, wants to find treatments to help patients with Alzheimer's disease. Like most researchers, she's hit...
Raging Bull: First study to find link between testosterone and stock market instability
Key Takeaway: Increasing testosterone levels in men, who make up the majority of professional stock market traders, causes them to...
Protein restricts sap uptake by aphids
Credit: Karen Kloth Researchers at Umeå University and Wageningen University have discovered how plants can defend themselves against aphids. They...
New Zika serotypes may emerge, researcher warns
Zika virus is mutating so fast in Brazilian patients that different serotypes of the pathogen could appear in the near...
The costs of transporting petroleum products by pipelines and rail
While the policy debate surrounding crude oil transportation costs has emphasized accidents and spills, a new study by Carnegie Mellon...
Little growth observed in India’s methane emissions
Methane is the second most powerful greenhouse gas and concentrations are rising in the atmosphere. Because of its potency and...
A molecular garbage disposal complex has a role in packing the genome
New research from the Korea Institute of Science and Technology, to be published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry on...
Flexible sensors can detect movement in GI tract
Credit: Courtesy of the researchers CAMBRIDGE, MA - Researchers at MIT and Brigham and Women's Hospital have built a flexible...
Kent State professor works with NASA Glenn & others to improve Lake Erie’s water quality
Credit: Photo credit: Sunny Dickerson, Bowling Green State University The conditions in Lake Erie continue to pose several health risks...
Common acid reflux medications promote chronic liver disease
Credit: UC San Diego Health Approximately 10 percent of the general population take a proton pump inhibitor (PPI) drug to...
Do male fish prefer them big and colourful?
Male black-finned goodeid or mexcalpique fish know what they want when they pick a female to mate with; they prefer...
How to ‘cook’ an egg without heat — and other weird egg science (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Oct. 10, 2017 -- You can learn a lot from eggs. The versatile, delicious,...
