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LA lawns lose lots of water: 70B gallons a year
Credit: Elizaveta Litvak In summer 2010, Los Angeles was losing about 100 gallons of water per person per day to...
Research in Los Angeles shows water loss
Credit: Diane Pataki In the summer of 2010, Los Angeles lost about 100 gallons of water per person per day...
To ensure constant food supply edible dormice rather give up their favorite food
Credit: Jessica Cornils/Vetmeduni Vienna The seeds of beech trees are an important source of energy for rodents like the edible...
$100M gift establishes Duchossois Family Institute to develop ‘new science of wellness’
A Chicago-area family with a deep commitment to supporting science and medicine is giving $100 million to establish The Duchossois...
Dartmouth-led study finds heavier precipitation in the northeast began in 1996
Over the past century, the Northeast has experienced an increase in the number of storms with extreme precipitation. A Dartmouth-led...
Precise insight into the depths of cells
Credit: Stelzer Research Group, Goethe University Frankfurt FRANKFURT. Is it possible to watch at the level of single cells how...
Newly published spinach genome will make more than Popeye stronger
"I'm strong to the finich, 'cause I eats me spinach!" said Popeye the Sailor Man. While you may not gulp...
Grifols strengthens its Procleix portfolio
Blood banks in countries that accept the CE Mark* can now use this test to screen blood donations to detect...
Disaster risk management: Science helps save lives
Natural and man-made disasters threaten millions of people every year and cause billions of property damage. How much do we...
World’s leading liver experts focus on continuing advancements in liver disease & transplantation
Despite many advancements in liver transplantation -- like the cure for the hepatitis C virus -- liver disease continues to...
LSTM and partners develop molecule that may lead to first synthetic one-dose antimalarial
Researchers at LSTM, working in partnership with the University of Liverpool and other colleagues, have developed a molecule which has...
How listening to music in a group influences depression
Listening to music together with others has many social benefits, including creating and strengthening interpersonal bonds. It has previously been...
MSU doctor to help eradicate malaria in Malawi with $8.5 million grant
East Lansing - Continuing her crusade against malaria, Terrie E. Taylor is once again on the hunt to find out...
Harvard Medical School expert calls for protection of critical gains made in cancer care under ACA
Cancer -- the second leading cause of death in the United States -- claims more than 600,000 lives each year....
How do blind cavefish find their way? The answer could be in their bones
Credit: Amanda Powers/UC Imagine living in perpetual darkness in an alien world where you have to find food quickly by...
Special delivery: Macromolecules via spider’s ‘bite’
Credit: Kyoto University Kyoto, Japan -- Our cells are rich in proteins which are potential targets for therapy. But study...
Establishing palliative care organization and delivery worldwide
Credit: Lancaster University Emeritus Professor Sheila Payne and Dr Sean Hughes from Lancaster University in the UK have both contributed...
Tree-climbing goats disperse seeds by spitting
Credit: H Garrido/EBD-CSIC In dry southern Morocco, domesticated goats climb to the precarious tippy tops of native argan trees to...
Brain anatomy differs in people with 22q genetic risk for schizophrenia, autism
A UCLA study characterizes, for the first time, brain differences between people with a specific genetic risk for schizophrenia and...
Are wolverines in the Arctic in the climate change crosshairs?
Credit: Peter Mather Will reductions in Arctic snow cover make tundra-dwelling wolverines more vulnerable to climate change than previously thought?...
