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Female mosquitoes get choosy quickly to offset invasions
Certain female mosquitoes quickly evolve more selective mating behavior when faced with existential threats from other invasive mosquito species, with...
Study: The eyes may have it, an early sign of Parkinson’s disease
MINNEAPOLIS - The eyes may be a window to the brain for people with early Parkinson's disease. People with the...
Psychologist to explore how brain remembers precise information
Credit: University of California, Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- A person's general intelligence and ability to understand language are reliant on...
3D inks that can be erased selectively
Credit: Nature Communications 3D printing by direct laser writing enables production of micro-meter-sized structures for many applications, from biomedicine to...
Frequent fires make droughts harder for young trees, even in wet eastern forests
Credit: Tyler Refsland, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - Forests in the eastern United States may have had it easy...
Old species learn new tricks…very slowly
Credit: Sean Mattson, STRI A quick look at the fossil record shows that no species lasts forever. On average, most...
Scientists discover chemical which can kill glioblastoma cells
Aggressive brain tumour cells taken from patients self-destructed after being exposed to a chemical in laboratory tests, researchers have shown....
How gene hunting changed the culture of science
Credit: Petersen et al., Sci. Adv. 2018 Years after the end of the Human Genome Project (HGP), which mapped the...
Logging permit fraud threatens timber species in Brazilian Amazon
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Timber harvested illegally under fraudulent permits is undercutting conservation efforts in the Brazilian Amazon, new research by...
This matrix delivers healing stem cells to injured elderly muscles
Credit: Georgia Tech / Christopher Moore A car accident leaves an aging patient with severe muscle injuries that won't heal....
Perot Museum of Nature And Science and University of the Witwatersrand form partnership
Credit: Perot Museum of Nature and Science The MOU is part of the Museum's new strategic focus on human origins,...
Mechanism that affects multiplication of dengue virus lineage is discovered
A lineage of type 1 dengue virus found in Brazil is able to prevail over another even though it multiplies...
National Magazine honors UC Riverside program focused on diversifying STEM fields
Credit: Carrie Rosema. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- The University of California, Riverside Bridges to the Baccalaureate Program has received the 2018...
New clues into how ‘trash bag of the cell’ traps and seals off waste
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The mechanics behind how an important process within the cell traps material before recycling it has...
When viruses infect phytoplankton, it can change the clouds
Credit: Miri Trainic Microscopic plant-like organisms called phytoplankton are known to support the diversity of life in the ocean. Scientists...
Study of greater Yellowstone pronghorn finds highway crossing structures a conservation success
Credit: Jeff Burrell A recently published study by scientists from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and Oregon State University has...
Play-doh helps plant research
Credit: Monica Moriak When plants are in distress or being fed on by insects, they have been known to send...
Long-term efficacy of AAV5-based gene therapy to treat day blind sheep with achromatopsia
(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) A study of a large animal model of achromatopsia caused by a mutation in...
Effective material developed to prevent post-surgical adhesion
(a) The live cells outside the 1 μL dot of PEC indicate that the material does not create a toxic...
Taking a deep look: a near infrared fluorescent dye for long term bioimaging
Credit: ITbM, Nagoya University A team of researchers at Nagoya University, RIKEN and Ehime University has succeeded in developing a...
