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How do fruit flies grow legs? Solving a molecular mystery
Credit: Roumen Voutev/Mann Lab/Columbia's Zuckerman Institute NEW YORK -- What do cancer and the growing legs of a fruit fly...
£30 million global cardiovascular challenge launched
(SCIAD) The British Heart Foundation (BHF) is today launching the Big Beat Challenge, a unique £30 million research funding award...
Sensitivity to how others evaluate you emerges by 24 months
Even before toddlers can form a complete sentence, they are attuned to how others may be judging them, finds a...
Aalto University and VTT launch a major innovation ecosystem aimed at doubling the value of forest industry
On 23 August 2018, Aalto University and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland signed a collaboration agreement on the CERES...
High-sugar feeding only at active times of day reduces adverse effects in rats
Credit: Hiroaki Oda Nagoya, Japan - A sedentary lifestyle combined with a diet dominated by processed foods has widely resulted...
Assessment, monitoring, and mitigation of stressors on bee health
Credit: Pensoft Honey bees, bumble bees, and solitary bees pollinate crops and wildflowers and are essential for both human and...
Towards untangling the ‘antennal grabbing’ phenomenon in mating cuckoo bees
Credit: Michaela Hofmann One can seldom spot a cuckoo bee, whose peculiar kleptoparasitic behaviour includes laying eggs in the nests...
NUS food scientists create healthy probiotic drink from soy pulp
Credit: National University of Singapore Food scientists at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have given okara - the residue...
Cellular pumps protect the gut from toxins
The master regulators of gut stem cells, called intestinal myofibroblasts, have pumps that protect them, and thus the gut, from...
In the race of life, the tortoise beats the hare every time
Credit: Duke University DURHAM, N.C. - Over the long-run, the race will indeed go to the slower, steadier animal. "The...
Active shooter simulations increase emergency department staff readiness and confidence
Credit: Emergency Nurses Association A new practice improvement initiative and study indicates active shooter training and simulations are vital to...
Diet has bigger impact on emotional well-being in women than in men
Credit: Binghamton University, State University at New York BINGHAMTON, N.Y. - Women may need a more nutrient-rich diet to support...
UBC study raises the standard for measuring nerve cell death
Credit: UBC Okanagan Researchers at UBC's Okanagan campus have developed a new and improved method to judge the effectiveness of...
New medications for diabetes management have additional heart benefits, study finds
Credit: St. Michael's Hospital TORONTO, August 27, 2018 - A drug used to manage diabetes may reduce heart disease and...
New urine dipstick test detects cause of disease that blinds millions
Scientists at Scripps Research have developed a urine diagnostic to detect the parasitic worms that cause river blindness, also called...
Unearthing the secrets of cellular energy
SAN FRANCISCO, CA--August 27, 2018--Everything the body does--your brain thinking, your heart beating, your cells growing--requires energy. Consequently, it comes...
New target could prevent progression of liver damage to cancer
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Aug. 27, 2018) - Problems like obesity and alcoholism appear to...
Ross procedure may provide longer survival and better quality of life, study suggests
Credit: St. Michael's Hospital TORONTO, August 27, 2018 - The Ross procedure, a valve replacement surgery that is largely unused...
Researchers reveal cause of aggressive skin cancer in patients with butterfly syndrome
Credit: Laboratory of Andrew South, Jefferson (Philadelphia University + Thomas Jefferson University) (PHILADELPHIA) - Patients with a rare skin disease,...
Study finds 1 in 12 children taking multiple medications at risk
Credit: UIC Media Library According to new research from the University of Illinois at Chicago, about one in five children...
