Biology
Dogs can be a potential risk for future influenza pandemic
Washington, DC - June 5, 2018 - Dogs are a potential reservoir for a future influenza pandemic, according to a...
A little water could make a big difference for endangered salmon
Credit: California Sea Grant Even small amounts of running water--less than a gallon per second--could mean the difference between life...
Red tide fossils point to Jurassic sea flood
Credit: Carmine Wainman, University of Adelaide Dinosaur-age fossilised remains of tiny organisms normally found in the sea have been discovered...
African-Americans still disproportionately affected by HIV
African-Americans are still much more likely to be diagnosed with HIV than white Americans. A new paper on the HIV/AIDS...
Neurons ripple while brains rest to lock in memories
Credit: Illustration by Etienne Ackermann/Rice University HOUSTON - (June 5, 2018) - Memories resonate in the mind even when it's...
Thousands of turtles netted off South America
Credit: ProDelphinus Tens of thousands of sea turtles are caught each year by small-scale fishers off South America's Pacific coast,...
NASA funds Rutgers scientists’ pursuit of the origins of life
Credit: Professor Vikas Nanda/Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine at Rutgers What are the origins of life on Earth and...
New NSF special report released ahead of World Oceans Day: Catch a Wave! The Science of Summer
Credit: NSF Catch a Wave! Join the National Science Foundation (NSF) for a look at the science behind the "sweet...
Inflammatory signals in heart muscle cells linked to atrial fibrillation
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Interfering with inflammatory signals produced by heart muscle cells might someday provide novel therapeutic strategies...
This monkey can plan out their foraging routes just like a human
Credit: Eve Smeltzer They might not have mastered GPS technology, but vervet monkeys can solve multi-destination routes in the same...
Did extreme fluctuations in oxygen, not a gradual rise, spark the Cambrian explosion?
BOULDER, Colo., USA: Five hundred and forty million years ago, during the Cambrian period, life suddenly went nuts. "Blossomed" is...
Try togetherness: Study promotes cooperative weed management to curb herbicide resistance
Credit: Jeffrey Evans URBANA, Ill. - In the fight against herbicide resistance, farmers are working with a shrinking toolkit. Waterhemp,...
Researchers study aquatic beetles native only to central Wyoming
Credit: Lusha Tronstad University of Wyoming researchers are shedding light on a rare aquatic beetle native only to central Wyoming....
2018 World Cultural Council Awards
Credit: COPYRIGHT © 2018 CONSEJO CULTURAL MUNDIAL. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Professor Jean-Pierre Changeux, has been selected as the winner of...
New algorithm fuses quality and quantity in satellite imagery
Credit: L. Brian Stauffer. CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Using a new algorithm, University of Illinois researchers may have found the solution...
Army researchers envision third arm for soldiers
Credit: (US Army photo by Conrad Johnson) ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, MD. - When engineers from the U.S. Army Research Laboratory...
Experts to seek consensus on tackling poor quality medicines
The proliferation of poor quality medical products (medicines, vaccines and devices) is an important but neglected public health problem, threatening...
Announcement of the 2018 ALBERT EINSTEIN World Award of Science
Prof. Jean-Pierre Changeux, Emeritus Professor of Neuroscience at the Institut Pasteur and Collège de France, where he was Chair of...
Researchers pioneer new eczema treatment
AURORA, Colo. (June 4, 2018) - Eczema is the most common and stubborn skin disease in the world, but a...
Wireless system can power devices inside the body
Credit: Felice Frankel, edited by MIT News CAMBRIDGE, MA -- MIT researchers, working with scientists from Brigham and Women's Hospital,...
