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Winners, losers among fish when landscape undergoes change
Credit: Julian Olden/University of Washington As humans build roads, construct buildings and develop land for agriculture, freshwater ecosystems respond ?...
Successful insomnia treatment may require nothing more than a placebo
A new study published in Brain indicates that successful treatment for insomnia may not actually require complicated neurofeedback (direct training...
Unlocking the heart-protective benefits of soy
Credit: Nicole Santo/UPMC PITTSBURGH, Feb. 22, 2017 - A product of digesting a micronutrient found in soy may hold the...
Seizures tracked with apple watch app linked to stress, missed sleep
MINNEAPOLIS - New research using an Apple Watch app to track seizures in people with epilepsy finds triggers are often...
Chemist awarded Sloan research fellowship
Credit: UC Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Ming Lee Tang, an assistant professor of chemistry at the University of California, Riverside,...
Peptide reverses cardiac fibrosis in a preclinical model of congestive heart failure
Credit: Medical University of South Carolina Cardiac fibrosis, an abnormal thickening of the heart wall leading to congestive heart failure,...
Brightest neutron star yet has a multipolar magnetic field
Scientists have identified a neutron star that is consuming material so fast it emits more x-rays than any other. Its...
Columbia University Professor among 2017 Sloan Research Fellowship Recipients
Credit: Sebastian Will An assistant professor at Columbia since 2016, Will's research interests include ultracold molecules and dipolar quantum gases,...
NASA’s fermi finds possible dark matter ties in andromeda galaxy
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Scott Wiessinger, producer NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has found a signal at the center...
In great shape
In 2015 UC Santa Barbara mechanical engineer and materials scientist Jonathan Berger developed an idea that could change the way...
Likelihood of dieting success lies within your tweets
There is a direct link between a person's attitude on social media and the likelihood that their dieting efforts will...
Twitter researchers offer clues as to why Trump won
Credit: Wang and Luo Jiebo Luo and Yu Wang did not set out to predict who would win the 2016...
Using a rabbit virus to treat multiple myeloma
Credit: Medical University of South Carolina Treating multiple myeloma (MM) with myxoma virus (MYXV) eliminated a majority of malignant cells...
Counting sharks
Many shark populations around the world are known to have declined over the past several decades, yet marine scientists lack...