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Birds have time-honored traditions, too
Credit: Photo by Robert Lachlan. DURHAM , N.C. -- What makes human cultural traditions unique? One common answer is that...
Do bats adapt to gates at abandoned mines?
Abandoned mines can serve as roost sites for bats, but because the mines pose serious risks to humans, officials often...
Innovative autonomous system for identifying schools of fish
Credit: @IMDEA Networks Institute The University of Haifa (Israel) and two teams from the IMDEA Networks Institute have developed an...
Whether wheat weathers heat waves
Credit: Piotr Trebicki A heat wave sweeps through a city and people swelter, running indoors to find air conditioning. But...
Alcohol and marijuana use may increase risk of condomless sex in young adults
Young persons who use alcohol and/or marijuana experience heightened likelihood of condomless sex, according to a new study published in...
Robot bloodhound tracks odors on the ground
Bloodhounds are famous for their ability to track scents over great distances. Now researchers have developed a modern-day bloodhound -...
Putting the brakes on metastatic cancer
Credit: Melissa Fabrizio A groundbreaking discovery by University of Alberta researchers has identified previously-unknown therapeutic targets that could be key...
The World’s tiniest first responders
Credit: Yekaterina Kadyshevskaya, USC The cell has its own paramedic team and emergency room to aid and repair damaged DNA,...
A dual-therapy approach to boost motor recovery after a stroke
Paralysis of an arm and/or leg is one of the most common effects of a stroke. But thanks to research...
New tissue-imaging technology could enable real-time diagnostics, map cancer progression
Credit: Image courtesy of Stephen Boppart CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A new microscope system can image living tissue in real time...
Workplace health clinics can lower health care spending
Opening onsite health clinics to provide comprehensive primary care to teachers and their families can lower a school district's health...
UA researchers develop novel ‘lung-on-a-leaf’ model to study pulmonary diseases
Credit: UA College of Medicine - Phoenix Researchers at the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix have developed...
Simple sugar delays neurodegeneration caused by enzyme deficiency
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine A new therapeutic approach may one day delay neurodegeneration typical of a disease called mucopolysaccharidoses...
Scientists unravel DNA code behind rare neurologic disease
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - June 20, 2018 - Scientists conducting one of the largest full DNA analyses of a...
Cell-free DNA profiling informative way to monitor urinary tract infections
ITHACA, N.Y. - Using shotgun DNA sequencing, Cornell University researchers have demonstrated a new method for monitoring urinary tract infections...
Planned movements and spontaneous reactions are processed differently in the brain
Credit: German Primate Center -- Leibniz Institute for Primate Research The runners are lined up at the starting line, patiently...
What a pain: The iPad neck plagues women more
Credit: (R. Marsh Starks/ UNLV Creative Services) Is your iPad being a literal pain in the neck? The answer is...
Emergency department patients want to be invited to share in medical decision-making
DES PLAINES, IL--Most emergency department patients want to be involved in some aspects of medical decision-making, but they need to...
University of Michigan researchers use gene silencing to alleviate common ataxia
In what researchers are calling a game changer for future ataxia treatments, a new study showed the ability to turn...
New therapeutic opportunity for the treatment of resistant malignant melanoma
(University of Liege) Researchers have revealed that malignant melanoma can reprogram their protein synthesis machinery and become addicted to a...
