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Smithsonian researchers name new ocean zone: The rariphotic
Credit: Carole Baldwin, Smithsonian Based on the unique fish fauna observed from a manned submersible on a southern Caribbean reef...
Pro-environmental programs should take the factors that motivate each gender into consideration
Credit: UPV/EHU A group of researchers in the Department of Financial Economics II (Company Economics and Marketing) of the UPV/EHU's...
Parenting and personality work together to affect baby’s weight gain
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Offering a snack may be a sure way to soothe a fussy child, but researchers say...
Marine researchers say recent sea star wasting disease epidemic defies prediction
Credit: Melissa Miner Beginning in 2013, a mysterious disease crippled sea star populations up and down the U.S. west coast....
New study brings us one step closer to understanding how tidal clocks tick
Credit: Yisrael Schnytzer Almost all organisms have an internal biological clock that synchronizes their behavior with the environment in which...
Dogs with noise sensitivity should be routinely assessed for pain by vets
Dogs which show fear or anxiety when faced with loud or sudden noises should be routinely assessed for pain by...
Beyond the WIMP: Unique crystals could expand the search for dark matter
Credit: Millennium Simulation, Berkeley Lab A new particle detector design proposed at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National...
Vitamin D might be key to syndrome affecting half of women aged 50 or plus
Results of a study carried out in Brazil showed a strong association between vitamin D deficiency and metabolic syndrome in...
Long-lasting method to prevent dengue launched in Mexico’s Baja California Sur
Communities in Mexico's Baja California Sur are to benefit from a self-sustaining program that uses Wolbachia mosquitoes to provide long-lasting...
USTC reports diamond ring architecture of a protein complex
Credit: USTC News Center Just as diamond ring is needed in marriage, NuA4/Tip60, a complex with diamond ring architecture, is...
Even flies like a familiar song
Credit: Azusa Kamikouchi Researchers at Nagoya University develop fruit fly model to explore how learned auditory cues alter mating behavior...
Metformin lowers risk of late miscarriage, preterm birth in pregnant women with PCOS
CHICAGO--The oral diabetes medication metformin seems to reduce the chance of a late miscarriage and premature birth among women with...
A method for predicting the impact of global warming on disease
Scientists have devised a method for predicting how rising global temperatures are likely to affect the severity of diseases mediated...
Discovered mode of drinking in mosquitoes carries biomedical implications
Credit: Virginia Tech Mosquitoes may have a reputation for being one of the world's most intractable pests, but they're actually...
Sustained bacterial outbreak in mosquitoes limits spread of life-threatening diseases
Medical practitioners, such as those at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, frequently utilize mathematical models when determining how...
Some patients on levothyroxine have continued symptoms
CHICAGO--People who take replacement thyroid hormone may have more comorbidities and lower quality of life than those who don't take...
Scientists discern new antibiotics resistance mechanism to peptide antibiotics
Credit: Division of Life Science, HKUST Non-ribosomal peptide antibiotics, including polymyxin, vancomycin, and teixobactin, most of which contain D-amino acids,...
Natural sniper kills hospital bacterium
Bacteria produce proteins to take out specific competitors. One of these proteins can kill the hospital bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Microbial...
Natural enemies reduce pesticide use
Credit: Photos: Sarah Redlich The greater the diversity of crops grown in agricultural landscapes is, the better natural enemies are...
Brewing hoppy beer without the hops
Credit: Roxanne Makasdjian and Stephen McNally, UC Berkeley Hoppy beer is all the rage among craft brewers and beer lovers,...
