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Right whales’ survival rates plummet after severe injury from fishing gear
DURHAM, N.C. – Most North Atlantic right whales that are severely injured in fishing gear entanglements die within three years,...
Why do carnivorous cats lick and chew catnip and silver vine plants which are not food?
The research team first focused on their observation that silver vine leaves crumpled and torn by feline licking and chewing...
Cats’ strange reactions to catnip make it a better insect repellent
Anyone who has seen a cat experience catnip knows that it makes them go a bit wild – they rub...
China’s lunar lander finds evidence of native water on moon
Samples from the Moon's Oceanus Procellarum, an ancient mare basalt whose name translates to "Ocean of Storms," may be able...
Streamlining stem cells to treat macular degeneration
As we age, so do our eyes; most commonly, this involves changes to our vision and new glasses, but there...
How diet and the microbiome affect colorectal cancer
While recommended screenings beginning at age 45 have helped decrease colorectal cancer cases in older adults, cancer rates are continuing...
NASA telescope to help untangle galaxy growth, dark matter makeup
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will study wispy streams of stars that extend far beyond the apparent edges of...
Omicron hit rural America harder than cities
The omicron wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in late 2021 and early 2022 spread like a grass fire in America’s...
A new fast and reliable experimental model for vascular malformations leads to the identification of miransertib as a promising therapy option
Barcelona, June 14. A team of researchers led by Dr. Sandra Castillo and Dr. Mariona Graupera, from the Josep Carreras...
Tweeting a help wanted Sign: Carnegie Mellon University research shows Twitter drives popularity, contributors to open-source software
Want to be popular with lots of friends? Get out there and tweet. Credit: Carnegie Mellon University Want to be popular...
Calculating the “fingerprints” of molecules with artificial intelligence
"Macromolecules but also quantum dots, which often consist of thousands of atoms, can hardly be calculated in advance using conventional...
Unravelling the diversity of the wild house mouse
Scientists have revealed the genetic structure and diversity, and inferred the population history, of the wild house mouse across Europe...
Short-term and oncological outcomes of natural orifice specimen extraction surgery (NOSES) for colorectal cancer in China: a national database study of 5055 patients
This study is led by Prof. Xishan Wang (Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College),...
Novel host cell pathway hijacked during COVID-19 infection uncovered by Bristol researchers
An international team of scientists, led by the University of Bristol, has been investigating how the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the coronavirus...
Uterine transplantation is efficacious and safe
Transplanting a uterus is an effective, safe method to remedy infertility when a functioning uterus is lacking. This is the...
Gene hunting leads researchers to solve mystery of inhibition of awn elongation in sorghum
Over the years, the domestication of grasses like wheat, rice, barley, and sorghum for consumption has resulted in certain modifications...
New, highly tunable composite materials—with a twist
Watch this.Credit: Jacopo Bertolotti Watch this. Watch for the patterns created as the circles move across each other. Those patterns,...
How the Namaste Care program could improve the lives of people with advanced dementia
Credit: Lancaster University DOI 10.3310/hta24060
Installation of deep-water pipeline gives immediate boost to sea-floor animals
An underwater survey west of Africa, off the Angolan coast, found that both the abundance and types of animals on...
Fluorescence microscopy shows how living cells form vesicles to transport cargo like growth factors
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Cells have a clever way to transport cargos like growth factors across the cell membrane and into...
