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Factors in 'alarming rate' of cold-stranded sea turtles in Cape Cod Bay
A recent study looked into what variables are most important in predicting The number of cold-stunning and stranding events among...
Progress with geriatrics legislation highlights collaboration for care as we age
Credit: (C) 2019, American Geriatrics Society New York (Jan. 31, 2019)--The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) today offered a ringing endorsement...
Warmer water, chemical exposure influence gene expression across generations in a coastal fish
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Warmer water temperatures, combined with low-level exposure to chemicals already known to be harmful to aquatic life,...
Iguana-sized dinosaur cousin discovered in Antarctica
Shows how life at the South Pole bounced back after mass extinctionCredit: Adrienne Stroup/Field Museum Antarctica wasn't always a frozen...
When neurons get the blues: Hyperactive brain cells may be to blame when antidepressants don't work
Salk study is the first to directly examine cells from patients whose depression doesn't respond to SSRIsCredit: Salk Institute LA...
Study reveals wildlife is abundant in Chernobyl
Credit: UGA Aiken, S.C. - A scavenger study that used fish carcasses as bait provides additional evidence that wildlife is...
Fight or flight: Serotonin neurons prompt brain to make the right call
Known for its role in relieving depression, the neurochemical serotonin may also help the brain execute instantaneous, appropriate behaviors in...
Study of brine discharge from desalination plant finds good news and bad news
Brine discharged from the Carlsbad Desalination Plant raises offshore salinity levels more than permitted, but researchers found no direct local...
Climate change could make corals go it alone
Credit: Opencage/Wikimedia and Anna Weiss/ The University of Texas Jackson School of Geosciences. Climate change is bad news for coral...
Looking to choose a healthy post-workout snack? Decide early, study says
Credit: Craig Chandler, University of Nebraska-Lincoln You've just exercised for an hour, tracking the burned calories with a sense of...
Salmon populations may adapt their eggs to survive in degraded rivers
Credit: University of Southampton A University of Southampton study suggests that the membrane of salmon eggs may evolve to cope...
Persistent low body weight in young kids increases risk for anorexia nervosa later
The study, co-authored by Zeynep Yilmaz, PhD, also found that persistent high body weight in young children may be a...
How the fruit fly got its stripes: Researchers explore precision of embryonic development
Princeton physicists and biologists collaborate to study how cells use molecular information during developmentCredit: Illustration by Mariela Petkova The first...
UMD study finds exercise benefits brains, changes blood flow in older adults
Exercise can impact biomarkers of brain function in a way that might prevent or postpone the onset of dementiaCredit: John...
Research identifies pathway connecting some ARV drugs with liver disease
As a raft of new treatments for HIV infection have come on the market in the past 20 years, AIDS...
Earth's largest extinction event likely took plants first
Credit: Christopher Fielding Little life could endure the Earth-spanning cataclysm known as the Great Dying, but plants may have suffered...
Feeding tubes shouldn't be on POLST forms: JAGS opinion paper
Surgically inserted feeding tubes harm patients with dementia, research showsCredit: Oregon POLST Following years of research that demonstrated feeding tubes...
Identity crisis of satiety neurons leads to obesity
Credit: Source: modified from Quarta, C. & Fisette, A. et al. (Nature Metabolism) Obesity - as research in the past...
The search for environmental causes of Parkinson's disease moves forward
Scientists evaluate promising research hypotheses for understanding environmental triggers in Parkinson's disease and propose future directions for research in the...
Do all chemotherapies have equal long-term heart risk?
Study of 28,000 childhood cancer survivors finds important differencesCredit: UT Health San Antonio SAN ANTONIO -- In long-term survivors of...
