Science News
No heart damage despite hypertension
For decades, scientists in Berlin have been researching a strange hereditary condition that results in half the members of certain...
Manipulating stress response in cells could help slow down ageing, finds NTU Singapore study
Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have found that a stress response in cells, when ‘switched on’ at...
Warmer climate causing acidification of the Arctic Ocean
Climate change is causing the Arctic Ocean’s sea ice to melt away. When the polar ocean loses its cover of...
Model calculates energetics of piercing fangs, claws and other biological weapons
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Researchers have created a model that can calculate the energetics involved when one organism stabs another with...
Patients waiting for urgent surgery in A&E feel calmer and experience less pain if given a music pillow
Berlin, Germany: Patients waiting in an emergency department for urgent surgery are less anxious, more relaxed and experience less pain...
Bright colors in the animal kingdom: Why some use them to impress and others to intimidate
High up in a tree sits a bright red vermilion flycatcher. The males of this songbird species use their red...
FeederWatchers are more important than ever
Credit: Jocelyn Anderson, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Warming oceans likely to shrink the viable habitat of many marine animals – but not all
TAMPA, Fla. (Oct. 18, 2022) – Brad Seibel still remembers the headlines from 20 years ago that sounded like a...
Free guide to cultivating contact between different groups authored by UMass Amherst psychologists
University of Massachusetts Amherst social psychologist Linda Tropp and doctoral student Trisha Dehrone in Tropp’s Intergroup Relations and Social Justice Lab collaborated with the nonprofits American Immigration...
New study finds no relationship between high intake of refined grain foods and risk of cardiovascular disease
Credit: Grain Foods Foundation. Journal Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine Article Title Refined grain intake and cardiovascular disease: Meta-analyses of prospective...
Collaborative team at IGB discovers new natural products at unprecedented speed
Many of the drugs we utilize in modern medicine are naturally produced by microbes. Penicillin, an antibiotic derived from certain...
Golden slumbers: shorter sleep in later life linked with multimorbidity
Adults over 50 who sleep for five hours or less per night have a greater risk of developing more than...
Researchers discover how bacteria make pancreatic cancer cells grow and move
Virginia Tech researchers from the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics and the Department of Biochemistry have discovered a characteristic of a common oral...
UC San Diego physician-scientist elected to National Academy of Medicine
Victor Nizet, MD, Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics at UC San Diego School of Medicine and Pharmacy at Skaggs School of...
USF researcher receives $5.5 million federal grant to improve pandemic-induced child behavioral problems
Media contact: John Dudley National media relations manager (814) 490-3290 [email protected]: USF Media contact: John Dudley National media relations manager...
Researchers explore gene interactions in influenza to help improve accuracy of flu vaccines
The influenza virus, which causes the flu, is a major public health issue, infecting millions of people and estimated to...
Alterations to gut mucous may trigger ulcerative colitis
Ulcerative colitis is the most common type of inflammatory bowel disease, characterised by chronic ulcers and inflammation in the colon...
Grazing animals key to long-term soil carbon stability, study finds
Large mammalian herbivores like the yak and ibex play a crucial role in stabilising the pool of soil carbon in...
Obesity and biological sex may make individuals more vulnerable to COVID-19, WVU study suggests
A new animal study from Katherine Lee, a researcher with the West Virginia University School of Medicine, investigates why individuals with obesity may have a...
Earth’s warming hole not indication of abrupt climate change event, study finds
A new study from scientists at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science suggests...
