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Paleontologists discover largest dinosaur foot to date
Credit: © Davide Bonadonna, Milan, Italy As it turns out, "Bigfoot" was a dinosaur--a giant, plant-eating one. A new study...
Satellite tracking reveals Philippine waters are important for endangered whale sharks
Credit: Gonzalo Araujo A new scientific study published in PeerJ - the Journal of Life and Environmental Sciences has tracked...
Antibiotic resistance in a leech’s gut
Plastic surgery patients were getting infections with antibiotic resistant bacteria, and no one knew why. UConn microbiologists found the answer...
Report from the leech’s gut: Even trace amounts of antibiotics boost resistant bacteria
Washington, DC - July 24, 2018 - An international team of researchers recently took a deep dive into the microbiome...
What would your dog do to help if you were upset? Quite a bit, study finds
Dogs are thought to be very aware of people's emotions, but if a pup's owner was really upset, would it...
Research shows a promising new class of antibodies protects against HIV-1 infection
Credit: Chris Wager San Antonio, Texas (July 24, 2018) - A group of scientists at Texas Biomedical Research Institute have...
Depression and antidepressants are associated with an increased risk of VTE
In the first review of its kind, new research has found that depression and the use of antidepressants are each...
Fitness trackers prove helpful in monitoring cancer patients
Credit: Cedars-Sinai LOS ANGELES (July 24, 2018) -- Fitness trackers can be valuable tools for assessing the quality of life...
How to stop rape: ground-breaking work in Nairobi by a group of Stanford statisticians
He has been called "Stanford's star of statistical inference," and he is responsible for creating a swathe of modern statistics,...
Intractable hiccups may be more common than we think
MAYWOOD, IL - Everyone gets hiccups, but some people suffer intractable hiccups that last longer than a month, according to...
Chance of being prescribed opioids for minor injury differs dramatically by where you live
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - Patients who sought care for a sprained ankle in states that were found to be...
Bats harbor a gene swiped from an ancient Ebola-like virus — here’s how they may use it
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Some 18 million years ago, an ancestor of mouse-eared bats "stole" genetic material from an ancient virus...
Unless we spot changes, most life experiences are fabricated from memories
Credit: Graphic by Wahlheim/Zacks re-posted with permission from article: 'Memory guides the processing of event changes for older and younger...
New guidelines for treatment and prevention of HIV infection in adults
Credit: UAB Photo The International Antiviral Society-USA Panel has released updated recommendations for the treatment and prevention of HIV infection...
NIH renews NeuroNEXT for neurological clinical research
The Network for Excellence in Neuroscience Clinical Trials, or NeuroNEXT, a research program that helps streamline Phase II clinical trials...
Experts band together to eradicate prostate cancer
Credit: Monash University Monday 23 July, 2018 A team of scientists and clinicians have developed a faster and more accurate...
Ebola virus gene stolen and preserved by myotis bats, study finds
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--A gene from the deadly Ebola virus that allows the virus to escape from the human...
Link found between resilience to dyslexia and gray matter in the frontal brain
Dyslexia, a reading disorder, is characterized by a difficulty in "decoding" -- navigating between the visual form and sounds of...
UCLA biologist works to create a new field, merging the sciences and architecture
Credit: Roy Wollman How do spaces affect us, and animals? UCLA biologist Noa Pinter-Wollman had the idea that we can...
Center for Infectious Disease Research to join Seattle Children’s Research Institute
Credit: Seattle Children's SEATTLE - July 24, 2018 - After 42 years as the oldest and largest, independent non-profit organization...
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