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16-million-year-old fossil shows springtails hitchhiking on winged termite
Credit: N. Robin, C. D'Haese and P. Barden When trying to better the odds for survival, a major dilemma that...
FAU receives $1.3 million grant from Florida Division Of Emergency Management
FAU College of Engineering and Computer Science and FDEM project will create framework for flood risk managementCredit: Florida Atlantic University...
Hops compounds help with metabolic syndrome while reducing microbiome diversity
Credit: (Photo courtesy of Oregon State University) CORVALLIS, Ore. - Compounds from hops may combat metabolic syndrome by changing the...
Researchers reach milestone in quantum standardization
Credit: University of Waterloo Researchers at the University of Waterloo have developed a method that could pave the way to...
How mantis shrimp make sense of the world
Researchers traced neural connections in a newly discovered brain region of mantis shrimp, gaining new insights into how the fierce...
Wearable sweat sensor detects gout-causing compounds
Credit: Caltech There are numerous things to dislike about going to the doctor: Paying a copay, sitting in the waiting...
Gut microbes alter characteristics of norovirus infection
Findings, in mice, could guide research into future therapiesCredit: CDC/ Charles D. Humphrey The highly contagious norovirus causes diarrhea and...
Forest farms could create market for ginseng, other herbs
Credit: Eric Burkhart, Penn State A transition from wild collection of herbs to forest farming needs to occur in Appalachia...
Under the lens: Link between macular degeneration and retinitis pigmentosa
University of Houston research team examines eye disease with $2.5 million awardCredit: University of Houston Four words you never want...
Downstream signaling: Cilia release ectosomes to deliver important messages in the kidney
Cilia play critical roles in sending and receiving signals from distant sites through mechano- and chemosensation and now through small...
Study paves way to better understanding, treatment of arthritis
Credit: Brian Bay, Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - Oregon State University research has provided the first complete, cellular-level look...
New research training group on the self-organization of soft matter
German Research Foundation to sponsor a new research training group in physics and chemistry; cooperation between Mainz University, TU Darmstadt,...
Level up your Thanksgiving potatoes with this simple ingredient (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Nov. 25, 2019 -- Making delicious roasted potatoes is all about finding the right...
Is cyberbullying common among adults?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, November 25, 2019--A new nationwide study examined the prevalence of negative...
NASA tracking Extra-Tropical Storm Sebastien towards the UK
Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL NASA's Aqua satellite passed over eastern North Atlantic Ocean and captured an infrared view of what is...
pinMOS: Novel memory device can be written on and read out optically or electrically
Credit: (c) Yichu Zheng This device allows reading the stored information optically as well as electrically. Moreover, the information can...
Temple study shows extra virgin olive oil staves off multiple forms of dementia in mice
Credit: The Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University (Philadelphia, PA) - Boosting brain function is key to staving...
NASA’s Webb to unveil the secrets of nearby dwarf galaxies
Credit: Credits: ESA/Hubble, Digitized Sky Survey 2 In two separate studies using NASA's upcoming James Webb Space Telescope, a team...
Prostate cancer: radiation therapy effective in patients with no further treatment options
Credit: Thorsten Mohr/Saarland University Reports of new cancer treatments often raise high hopes and expectations, particularly, of course, among cancer...
Fish size affects snake river salmon returns more than route through dams
Research suggests juvenile bypass systems do not affect later ocean survivalCredit: Ritchie Graves/NOAA Fisheries The survival and eventual return of...
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