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Study finds restoration at Illinois prairie is working in the soil, too
Credit: Northern Illinois University Summer is abloom at Nachusa Grasslands, where the warmth of July is igniting an explosion of...
Scientists seek to engineer chatter among cells
Credit: The Biodesign Lab/Rice University HOUSTON - (July 20, 2017) - Communities of cells communicate to coordinate their actions, but...
Risk factors identified for elbow and shoulder injuries in professional baseball pitchers
TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA - Increasing numbers of elbow-related injuries in professional baseball pitchers has led to research studying risk factors,...
Semiliquid chains pulled out of a sea of microparticles
Credit: Source: IPC PAS An electrode brought to the surface of a liquid that contains microparticles can be used to...
Sexual health clinics should ask about abuse
Training clinicians to proactively ask patients about domestic violence is feasible for sexual health clinics to implement and could increase...
A sodium surprise
Credit: Washington University in St. Louis Irregular heartbeat -- or arrhythmia -- can have sudden and often fatal consequences. A...
Shale gas development spurring spread of invasive plants in Pennsylvania forests
Credit: Mortensen Lab, Penn State Vast swaths of Pennsylvania forests were clear-cut circa 1900 and regrowth has largely been from...
Small survey: Most primary care physicians can’t identify all risk factors for prediabetes
Johns Hopkins researchers who distributed a survey at a retreat and medical update for primary care physicians (PCPs) report that...
Taste and health affect consumer choices for milk and nondairy beverages
Philadelphia, PA, July 20, 2017 - In recent years, retail sales of fluid milk have experienced significant change and per...
Researchers improve method to identify aquatic species using environmental DNA
Credit: University of Notre Dame Determining which fish are living in various bodies of water can be a daunting task...
Engaging Islamic religious leaders to improve African-American Muslim women’s attitudes towards breastfeeding
Credit: Penn Nursing PHILADELPHIA (July 20, 2017) - While research has demonstrated the positive impact a woman's social support network...
Setting the record straight: PPIs do not cause Dementia
Bethesda, MD (July 20, 2017) -- Several studies have reported associations between proton-pump inhibitor (PPI) use and dementia. New research...
Mixed outcomes for plants and animals in warmer 2080s climate
More than three quarters of plants and animals in England are likely to be significantly affected by climate change by...
Our brains synchronise during a conversation
The rhythms of brainwaves between two people taking part in a conversation begin to match each other. This is the...
The way rivers function reflects their ecological status and is rarely explored
Credit: Arturo Elosegi / UPV/EHU The Ecología de ríos/Stream Ecology research group of the UPV/EHU's Department of Plant Biology and...
Shale gas development spurring spread of invasive plants in Pa. forests
Credit: Mortensen Lab, Penn State Vast swaths of Pennsylvania forests were clear-cut circa 1900 and regrowth has largely been from...
Art inspiring ecological science, inspiring art
Ecologists and artists will explore the intersection of their craft in two back-to-back Ignite-style sessions on Tuesday, August 8, at...
Probiotics: Novel biosynthetic tool to develop metallic nanoparticles
Probiotics, being live microbes, exert numerous beneficial health effects on the host cells. Such probiotics are commercially available as dietary...
Alternative antimicrobial compounds could come from wastewater
Credit: Stefan Els Municipal wastewater may become a key ally in the fight against antibiotic-resistant disease-causing bacteria and fungi, a...
Cow antibodies yield important clues for developing a broadly effective AIDS vaccine
Credit: IAVI LA JOLLA - Cows are leaving the pasture and entering the field...of HIV vaccine research. As outlined in...
