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The marbled crayfish have established themselves in Narva power plant
Credit: Mari-Liis Koemets The dangerous invasive species marbled crayfish has settled well in the water body and developed a significant...
FEFU scientists have created a new type of optical ceramic material
Credit: FEFU laboratory Materials Multilayer YAG/Nd3+:YAG/YAG composite laser ceramics with a high concentration of active additive outclassed the commercial glass...
Cost and scale of field trials for bovine TB vaccine may make them unfeasible
Field trials for a vaccination to protect cattle against bovine tuberculosis (bovine TB) would need to involve 500 herds -...
High vitamin D levels linked to lower cholesterol in children
Credit: Varpu Heiskanen There is a link between higher serum vitamin D levels and lower plasma cholesterol levels in primary...
Pheromone power — Bringing ‘SexyPlant’ back to defy crop pests
Credit: Earlham Institute The project will use a biological method for manufacturing pheromones, which provide a safe and sustainable alternative...
Rescuing historic climate data in the East Asian region
Historic instrumental weather observations are critical in extending our knowledge of past weather and climate and for comparison with paleo-proxy...
Australian lizard scares away predators with ultra-violet tongue
Credit: Shane Black When attacked, bluetongue skinks open their mouth suddenly and as wide as possible to reveal their conspicuously...
Jurassic diet: Why our knowledge of what ancient pterosaurs ate might be wrong
Credit: Credit: Mark P. Witton/CC BY 4.0 One group of extinct animals where our dietary knowledge is lacking are the...
UH Cancer Center partners with nation’s top cancer centers to endorse goal
Nearly 80 million Americans - one out of every four people - are infected with human papillomavirus (HPV). And of...
Men may contribute to infertility through newly discovered part of sperm
Credit: Dan Miller, The University of Toledo Life doesn't begin the way we thought it did. A new study at...
Children can learn ways to significantly reduce salt usage
Credit: DELISH Philadelphia, June 7, 2018 - Consuming excessive salt during childhood is associated with cardiovascular health risk factors, yet...
How much is wildlife tourism affecting the animals it targets?
Credit: Photos copyright Andrew Fox (Fox Shark Research Foundation) A new study in Conservation Physiology, published by Oxford University Press,...
Scientists propose changing the rules of history to avoid environmental collapse
Credit: UCL For the first time in our planet's 4.5 billion-year history a single species, humans, is increasingly dictating its...
Older breast cancer patients in England less likely to survive
Older women diagnosed with breast cancer in England are less likely to survive their disease than those in Belgium, Poland,...
Machine learning helps detect lymphedema among breast cancer survivors
Machine learning using real-time symptom reports can accurately detect lymphedema, a distressing side effect of breast cancer treatment that is...
Sharing spaces: Your brain considers other people’s personal space as your own
Credit: Dr. Wataru Teramoto Peripersonal space (PPS) is an area created by the brain immediately around one's own body parts...
UMSOM researchers find that silent carriers of malaria are unlikely to develop the disease
In regions where malaria illness is widespread, it is common to find many individuals who are infected with malaria parasites...
Nutritional quality of fish and squid reduced by warm water events
Credit: Gabriel Machovsky-Capuska Research led by the University of Sydney shows that under warm water events the nutritional balance of...
Negative vs. positive social media experiences and depressive symptoms
PITTSBURGH, June 7, 2018 - Negative experiences on social media carry more weight than positive interactions when it comes to...
Biomedical optics engineer Jesse Wilson named a Boettcher Investigator
Credit: Colorado State University Mitochondrial diseases are rare, but they are cruel. Affecting about 1 in 5,000 children, these devastating...
