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Penguins go through the flow
Credit: Photo by © Céline Le Bohec (CNRS / IPEV / CSM) Colonies of breeding king penguins behave much like...
Injecting gene cocktail into mouse pancreas leads to humanlike tumors
Credit: Dr. Bruno Doiron/UT Health San Antonio Novel technology developed at UT Health San Antonio gives rise to mouse pancreatic...
Caltech scientists breed bacteria that make tiny high-energy carbon rings
Credit: Caltech Caltech scientists have created a strain of bacteria that can make small but energy-packed carbon rings that are...
Young Investigator Award talks at ASBMB Annual Meeting, April 22, San Diego
BETHESDA, Md., April 5, 2018 -- The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology will hold its annual meeting April...
NTU Singapore and SERI invent new scope to diagnose glaucoma
Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), with clinicians from the Singapore Eye Research Institute (SERI), have invented a...
New camera gives surgeons a butterfly’s-eye view of cancer
Credit: Liz Touchstone, University of Illinois CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Cancer lurking in tissue could be more easily found when looking...
Presentations at #AGS18 address advance care planning, osteoporosis, hypertension and falls
Credit: (C) 2018, American Geriatrics Society Breaking barriers to advance care planning for incarcerated older adults, improving osteoporosis screenings for...
Pesticides give bees a hard time
Credit: Photo: Ricarda Scheiner In February 2018, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) confirmed that the pesticide group of neonicotinoids...
MRI analysis with machine learning predicts impairment after spinal injury, study shows
Leesburg, VA, April 2, 2018 - A test of machine-learning algorithms shows promise for computer-aided prognosis of acute spinal cord...
Hybrid swarm in global mega-pest
Australian scientists have confirmed the hybridisation of two of the world's major pest species, into a new and improved mega-pest....
Researchers provide potential explanation for declines in brown bear populations
Animals may fall into what are called evolutionary and ecological traps when they make poor decisions using seemingly reliable environmental...
Why noise can enhance sensitivity to weak signals
Credit: Kasai S., et al., Applied Physics Express, Feb. 16, 2018. A team of Japanese researchers has discovered a new...
Vitamin D blood test may one day speed bipolar diagnosis in kids
COLUMBUS, Ohio - A blood test may have the potential to speed accurate diagnosis - and proper treatment - of...
NCBS evolutionary biologists win American Society of Naturalists 2018 Presidential Award
Credit: NCBS The American Society of Naturalists (ASN) conferred its prestigious 2018 Presidential Award to evolutionary biologists from the National...
Parents struggle to discuss sex with LGBTQ teens
'My challenge is I have no idea what sex is really like for men, especially for gay men' Parents don't...
Experts propose method to monitor ocean health
It's important to closely monitor how climate change and our increasing use of the oceans are affecting important marine resources...
New breakthrough in treatment for rare skin condition
Credit: Osaka University Scientists at Osaka University developed a new drug treating skin lesions in tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC), a...
PDX finder — Free global portal for cancer models
Credit: Spencer Phillips/EMBL-EBI The European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) and The Jackson Laboratory (JAX) have jointly developed the first open cancer...
New butterfly species discovered nearly 60 years after it was first collected
Credit: Florida Museum photo by Kristen Grace In 1959, a then-teenage lepidopterist Thomas Emmel collected 13 fawn-colored butterflies in the...
National Foundation for Cancer research scientists among the National Academy of Inventors’ class
BETHESDA, MD - In an event this afternoon at the historic Mayflower Hotel in Washington, DC, two funded scientists of...
