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April 1, 2026

Genetic analysis of New World birds confirms untested evolutionary assumption

ANN ARBOR--Biologists have always been fascinated by the diversity and changeability of life on Earth and have attempted to answer...

Hunting can help European ecosystems

Credit: Christian Gortázar Schmidt Hunting as an outdoor activity is underrated in how it helps nature and society to regulate...

Harvard Pilgrim signs outcomes-based contracts with AstraZeneca for Brilinta and Bydureon

WELLESLEY, MA - Harvard Pilgrim Health Care has signed two innovative, outcomes-based contracts with AstraZeneca for medicines to treat acute...

A tough talk: How to improve cost transparency in cancer care

Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - Being transparent about the cost of cancer treatments with patients has been increasingly recommended to...

Ross Prize in Molecular Medicine to be awarded to Dr. Jeffrey V. Ravetch

NEW YORK, May 30, 2017 - The New York Academy of Sciences in conjunction with the Feinstein Institute for Medical...

Fruity with a note of fungus: How fungal infections change the aroma of wine

In a research article recently published in Frontiers in Chemistry, a team of researchers investigated the effects of fungal infection...

Understanding T cell activation could lead to new vaccines

Scientists could be one step closer to developing vaccines against viruses such as Zika, West Nile or HIV, according to...

The rules of baboons

Credit: Ariana Strandburg-Peshkin How do baboons succeed in coordinating the movements of their group? Biologists at the University of Konstanz...

Common antioxidant could slow symptoms of aging in human skin

Credit: Zheng-Mei Xiong/University of Maryland New work from the University of Maryland suggests that a common, inexpensive and safe chemical...

New antibiotic packs a punch against bacterial resistance

LA JOLLA, CA - May 29, 2017 - Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have given new superpowers to...

Hotspots show that vegetation alters climate by up to 30 percent

Credit: Xi Yang/University of Virginia New York, NY -- May 29, 2017 -- A new Columbia Engineering study, led by...

Toward an HIV cure: Pitt team develops test to detect hidden virus

PITTSBURGH, May 29, 2017 - The quest to develop a cure for HIV has long been plagued by a seemingly...

Graphene and quantum dots put in motion a CMOS-integrated camera that can see the invisible

Credit: ICFO/ D. Bartolome Over the past 40 years, microelectronics have advanced by leaps and bounds thanks to silicon and...

Squeezing every drop of fresh water from waste brine

Credit: UC Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Engineers at the University of California, Riverside have developed a new way to recover...

Connecting the dots between dreams and brain disease

Dr. John Peever at the University of Toronto has been working to answer one of humanity's greatest questions: how do...

New discovery: Cormorants can hear under water

Credit: University of Southern Denmark For the first time, researchers have shown that a marine birds can hear under water....

Some heart attack patients may not benefit from beta blockers

New research challenges established medical practice that all heart attack patients should be on beta blockers. The study -- by...

Quest for drought-resistant chickpea could benefit poor farmers

Scientists are seeking to develop chickpeas that can flourish in dry climates, to help some of the world's poorest farmers...

New species of frog from the Neotropics carries its heart on its skin

Credit: Ross Maynard In the Neotropics, there is a whole group of so-called glassfrogs that amaze with their transparent skin...

Stopping drug abuse can reverse related heart damage