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May 11, 2026

Love Island: Flamboyant males get the girls on Madagascar

In two new species of rare giant stick insects, males turn livid blue or multicolored at sexual maturity -- but...

Digitalization of electricity grids

FAU scientists working on solutions for future grid operation How can digitalisation help to improve the efficiency of the electricity...

Wearable sensors mimic skin to help with wound healing process

Credit: Matthew Brown BINGHAMTON, N.Y. - Researchers at Binghamton University, State University of New York, have developed skin-inspired electronics to...

New research shows 73 percent of allergists prescribe under-the-tongue allergy tablets

Four FDA-approved tablets available for battling allergies ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL - (APRIL 2, 2019) - Allergy shots (subcutaneous immunotherapy or...

Genetics Society of America Awards 2019 George W. Beadle Award to Michael Snyder

Prize recognizes outstanding service to the community of genetics researchersCredit: Stanford University Michael Snyder, PhD, of Stanford University is the...

Lehigh University mechanical engineer earns NSF CAREER Award for noise reduction research

Israel’s Ocular discovery partners with all India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi

The partnership reflects the expanding synergism of Indo-Israel medical collaborationCredit: Ocular Discovery New Delhi, India - April 2, 2019 -...

Despite risk of birth defects, HIV drug should be considered for women in South Africa

Dolutegravir may reduce deaths in women, HIV transmission to children and men Although a woman's use of the HIV drug...

Experts discover historic roots of Medicare for All, public option and free-market proposals

When it comes to health care proposals, 'everything old is new again' As political leaders debate the future of the...

BU finds Medicare Advantage networks are broad and getting broader

Share of Medicare Advantage plans with broad networks increased from 80.1 percent in 2011 to 82.5 percent in 2015, and...

Crop yield in maize influenced by unexpected gene ‘moonlighting’

Credit: Jackson lab/CSHL Cold Spring Harbor, NY -- Maize is a staple crop that came from humble beginnings. If you...

Marine protected reserves do more than restore fish

UMass Amherst, Smithsonian, Florida research reports wider ecological benefitsCredit: UMass Amherst/Brian Cheng AMHERST, Mass. - In a new analysis of...

Grant will allow scientists to study how prairie strips on farms affect soil over time

Credit: Lisa Schulte Moore AMES, Iowa - Researchers at Iowa State University will test how the environmental benefits of planting...

Laser technology helps researchers scrutinize cancer cells

Credit: Caltech Devising the best treatment for a patient with cancer requires doctors to know something about the traits of...

LOXO-195 promising against tumors with acquired resistance to first-generation therapeutics

ATLANTA -- The investigational anticancer therapeutic LOXO-195 (now known as BAY 2731954), which targets a family of proteins called TRKs,...

Evidence for link between ‘leaky gut’ and autoantibody production in HIV-positive patients

Investigators at the Medical University of South Carolina report in Microbiome that autoantibody production in HIV-positive patients who have undergone...

UM environmental engineering faculty publishes paper on risk assessment

The paper, 'A general dose-response relationship for chronic chemical and other health stressors and mixtures based on an emergent illness...

Research brief: Largest study of childhood cancer after IVF

University of Minnesota researchers conducted the largest study of childhood cancer after conception by IVF to date In the past...

Syracuse engineer receives top NSF career award for work in soft materials

Syracuse University mechanical and aerospace engineering assistant professor Teng Zhang received a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the...

Building blocks of DNA and RNA could have appeared together before life began on Earth