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Learning about nutrition from ‘food porn’ and online quizzes
Many of our social media feeds are dominated by beautiful, mouth-watering photos of food. These photos inspire some serious food...
What bone proteomics could reveal about the dead
Credit: American Chemical Society Studying bones has helped scientists reconstruct what dinosaurs and other extinct creatures looked like. Taking this...
Chemical Safety Board faces uncertain future
Under President Donald Trump's proposed 2018 budget, the world's only independent body dedicated to investigating chemical-related industrial accidents would be...
Nanoalloys 10 times as effective as pure platinum in fuel cells
(Chalmers University of Technology) A new type of nanocatalyst can result in the long-awaited commercial breakthrough for fuel cell cars....
TSRI scientists find simple copper complex shuts down botulinum neurotoxin poisoning
Credit: Image courtesy CDC LA JOLLA, CA - May 24, 2017 - Botulinum neurotoxin is probably best known to Americans...
Scientists develop new device to overcome pig genome flaw
Credit: Dr R O'Connor Scientists at the University of Kent, working with colleagues from the genetics research industry, have developed...
LA lawns lose lots of water: 70B gallons a year
Credit: Elizaveta Litvak In summer 2010, Los Angeles was losing about 100 gallons of water per person per day to...
Research in Los Angeles shows water loss
Credit: Diane Pataki In the summer of 2010, Los Angeles lost about 100 gallons of water per person per day...
LSTM and partners develop molecule that may lead to first synthetic one-dose antimalarial
Researchers at LSTM, working in partnership with the University of Liverpool and other colleagues, have developed a molecule which has...
How listening to music in a group influences depression
Listening to music together with others has many social benefits, including creating and strengthening interpersonal bonds. It has previously been...
MSU doctor to help eradicate malaria in Malawi with $8.5 million grant
East Lansing - Continuing her crusade against malaria, Terrie E. Taylor is once again on the hunt to find out...
Harvard Medical School expert calls for protection of critical gains made in cancer care under ACA
Cancer -- the second leading cause of death in the United States -- claims more than 600,000 lives each year....
How do blind cavefish find their way? The answer could be in their bones
Credit: Amanda Powers/UC Imagine living in perpetual darkness in an alien world where you have to find food quickly by...
Special delivery: Macromolecules via spider’s ‘bite’
Credit: Kyoto University Kyoto, Japan -- Our cells are rich in proteins which are potential targets for therapy. But study...
Establishing palliative care organization and delivery worldwide
Credit: Lancaster University Emeritus Professor Sheila Payne and Dr Sean Hughes from Lancaster University in the UK have both contributed...
Tree-climbing goats disperse seeds by spitting
Credit: H Garrido/EBD-CSIC In dry southern Morocco, domesticated goats climb to the precarious tippy tops of native argan trees to...
Brain anatomy differs in people with 22q genetic risk for schizophrenia, autism
A UCLA study characterizes, for the first time, brain differences between people with a specific genetic risk for schizophrenia and...
Are wolverines in the Arctic in the climate change crosshairs?
Credit: Peter Mather Will reductions in Arctic snow cover make tundra-dwelling wolverines more vulnerable to climate change than previously thought?...
Does new cash-out option in sports betting increase risk for problem gamblers?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 24, 2017--The increasingly popular cash-out feature in online sports betting...
Zika virus spread undetected for many months, NIH-supported study finds
Credit: NIAID WHAT: Genetic analysis of samples collected as the Zika virus (ZIKV) spread throughout the Americas after its introduction...
