Biology
More brain activity is not always better when it comes to memory and attention
Credit: the University of Nottingham Potential new ways of understanding the cause of cognitive impairments, such as problems with memory...
An alternative hypothesis on the faunal colonization of the Himalayas?
Credit: Matthias Stöck Until now, the fauna of the Himalayas was considered to be an "immigration fauna", with species that...
Penn engineers show key feature for modeling how cells spread in fibrous environments
Credit: University of Pennsylvania One area of research within mechanobiology, the study of how physical forces influence biological processes, is...
Cleaning and sterilization techniques leave ureteroscopes contaminated
Portland, Ore., June 14, 2017 - The techniques used to clean and sterilize flexible ureteroscopes leave behind contamination including debris,...
Wildfires pollute much more than previously thought
Credit: Kari Greer/USFS Gila National Forest via NASA Summer wildfires boost air pollution considerably more than previously believed. Naturally burning...
Muscle fibers alone can’t explain sex differences in bird song
Male birds tend to be better singers than females--but does the basis for this difference lie in the brain or...
Researchers team with Land Institute to boost perennial permaculture with native fungi
Credit: University of Kansas | Kansas Biological Survey LAWRENCE -- Consider the humble soil just below our feet. It's actually...
AgeHack@MLBootCamp: The first Eurasian hackathon on AI for longevity to launch
Credit: Insilico Medicine Wednesday, 14th of June, 2017, Baltimore, MD, Insilico Medicine, Mail.Ru Group in collaboration with the center for...
Promising peas’ potential in big sky country
Credit: Photo credit Central Agricultural Research Center. Farmers in Montana, and other parts of the Northern Great Plains, are shifting...
New ultrasound ‘drill’ targets deep vein blood clots
Researchers at North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have developed a new surgical...
First CRISPR crop could debut in 2020
The gene-editing technique known as CRISPR/Cas9 made a huge splash in the news when it was initially announced. But the...
Research on creating human super-intelligence wins major new Science Prize
As tech billionaires like Elon Musk and scientists like Stephen Hawking, warn of an impending artificial intelligence arms race, a...
Gluten-free beer from Witkop teff grains
For celiac patients and others on gluten-free diets, it seems like gluten is everywhere -- cakes, cookies and breads. It's...
Organic conditions boost flavonoids and antioxidant activity in onions
Five years ago, a highly publicized meta-analysis of more than 200 studies concluded that organic food was no more nutritious...
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