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Ten scholarship holders in oceanography honored
Today ten scholarship holders from around the globe presented their final papers at the Wissenschaftsforum conference centre in Berlin as...
A protein that promotes compatibility between chromosomes after fertilization
Credit: Paulo Navarro Costa A research team from the Center for Biomedical Research (CBMR), at the University of Algarve (UAlg),...
Protein discovery may explain why patients develop resistance to new anti-cancer drugs
A team of researchers at the University of Cambridge has identified a protein complex that might explain why some cancer...
Ocean acidification a challenge for science, governments & communities
A new IMAS-led paper published in the science journal Nature Climate Change has highlighted the challenges faced by scientists, governments...
New research collection targets insect pests of pulse crops
Credit: Mariusz Sobieski, Bugwood.org Annapolis, MD; July 24, 2018--Around the world, pulse crops--such as beans, peas, chickpeas, and lentils--are an...
Plenty of habitat for bears in Europe
Credit: Adam Wajrak Great opportunity for European brown bears: a new study spearheaded by the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity...
Bin the bug spray: Study shows EU pesticide ban failing to protect suburban bees
Credit: University of Sussex Bees living in suburban habitats are still being exposed to significant levels of pesticides despite the...
Tracing the history of farming in the Amazon
Credit: Ruth Dickau A geographer from Northumbria University, Newcastle is leading on a £340,000 research project to examine how ancient...
Empathetic dogs lend a helping paw
Many dogs show empathy if their owner is in distress and will also try to help rescue them. This is...
Les efforts pour préserver la population de loris se montrent efficaces
(San Diego Zoo Global) Un programme à long terme visant à préserver les loris de Kuhl en rétablissant une population...
Bigfoot was a dinosaur
Credit: Photo courtesy of the KUVP archives. The Black Hills region of the United States is famous today for tourist...
Paleontologists discover largest dinosaur foot to date
Credit: © Davide Bonadonna, Milan, Italy As it turns out, "Bigfoot" was a dinosaur--a giant, plant-eating one. A new study...
Satellite tracking reveals Philippine waters are important for endangered whale sharks
Credit: Gonzalo Araujo A new scientific study published in PeerJ - the Journal of Life and Environmental Sciences has tracked...
Antibiotic resistance in a leech’s gut
Plastic surgery patients were getting infections with antibiotic resistant bacteria, and no one knew why. UConn microbiologists found the answer...
Report from the leech’s gut: Even trace amounts of antibiotics boost resistant bacteria
Washington, DC - July 24, 2018 - An international team of researchers recently took a deep dive into the microbiome...
What would your dog do to help if you were upset? Quite a bit, study finds
Dogs are thought to be very aware of people's emotions, but if a pup's owner was really upset, would it...
Research shows a promising new class of antibodies protects against HIV-1 infection
Credit: Chris Wager San Antonio, Texas (July 24, 2018) - A group of scientists at Texas Biomedical Research Institute have...
How to stop rape: ground-breaking work in Nairobi by a group of Stanford statisticians
He has been called "Stanford's star of statistical inference," and he is responsible for creating a swathe of modern statistics,...
Intractable hiccups may be more common than we think
MAYWOOD, IL - Everyone gets hiccups, but some people suffer intractable hiccups that last longer than a month, according to...
Chance of being prescribed opioids for minor injury differs dramatically by where you live
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - Patients who sought care for a sprained ankle in states that were found to be...
