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Science is core to saving wildlife
Credit: WCS Washington, DC, April 19, 2017 – The following statement was issued today by Wildlife Conservation Society President and...
Chemical profile of ants adapts rapidly
Credit: photo/©: Florian Menzel, JGU The bodies of ants and other insects are covered with a thin, wax-like layer that...
NIAID funding to Jackson Laboratory researcher to investigate chronic fatigue syndrome
Professor Derya Unutmaz, M.D., of The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine, will receive five years of funding — totaling $3,281,515...
Rift Valley fever virus: An infection mechanism identified
Credit: © Pablo Guardado-Calvo, Institut Pasteur Rift Valley fever virus, transmitted by mosquitoes, is responsible for outbreaks in livestock in...
RaQualia Pharma and Nagoya University’s ITbM start new collaboration
Nagoya, Japan – RaQualia Pharma Inc. and the Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (ITbM) of Nagoya University have announced a joint...
Closing the evidence gap on public attitudes toward genetic data handling
The Global Alliance for Genomics and Health (GA4GH) and the Wellcome Genome Campus have launched a new project to explore...
New research suggests bird songs isolate species
Credit: University of British Columbia Two birds that look the same, but have songs so different they can't recognize each...
Foreign beetle species recorded for the first time in Canada thanks to…
Credit: Harald Schillhammer With social networks abound, it is no wonder that there is an online space where almost anyone...
NTU develops energy saving filters for wastewater treatment
Scientists at Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore) have invented a new type of nanofilter that could reduce the energy needed...
Strange ‘chimeras’ defy science’s understanding of human genetics
Credit: UVA Health System The human genome is far more complex than thought, with genes functioning in an unexpected fashion...
Three new species of zoantharians described from coral reefs across the Indo-Pacific
Credit: Hiroki Kise Three new species of zoantharians were discovered by researchers from the University of the Ryukyus and Kagoshima...
Scientists find new evidence about how to prevent worsening pneumonia
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Sept. 5, 2017) – Sodium channels in the cells that line...
Could therapy animal visitation pose health risks at patient facilities?
Credit: Dominick Reuter for Tufts University (June 19, 2017)–A survey of United States hospitals, eldercare facilities and therapy animal organizations...
Biochemical ‘fossil’ shows how life may have emerged without phosphate
Credit: Joshua Goldford and Daniel Segrè One major mystery about life's origin is how phosphate became an essential building block...
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