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Mass extinctions led to low species diversity, dinosaur rule
Credit: Image courtesy of Victor O. Leshyk. Two of the earth's five mass extinction events - times when more than...
Researchers map the illegal use of natural resources in the protected Brazilian Amazon
(PeerJ) New research published in the open access peer-reviewed journal PeerJ uses law enforcement data collected from 2010 to 2015...
DFG establishes 2 new senate commissions
At its autumn session, the Senate of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) approved the establishment of two new...
New Zika serotypes may emerge, researcher warns
Zika virus is mutating so fast in Brazilian patients that different serotypes of the pathogen could appear in the near...
Solar flux: From bug to feature
Credit: Argonne National Laboratory: Ivanpah solar flux measurement Excess solar flux could be harnessed and used to generate additional electricity...
New ichthyosaur species, long gone, found in a storeroom
Credit: The University of Nottingham A new species of ichthyosaur has been identified from a fossil that has been in...
Conservationists’ eco-footprints suggest education alone won’t change behavior
Conservationists work to save the planet, and few are as knowledgeable when it comes to the environmental pressures of the...
Better mini brains could help scientists identify treatments for Zika-related brain damage
Credit: UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center/Cell Reports UCLA researchers have developed an improved technique for creating simplified human brain...
Research reveals how rabies can induce frenzied behavior
Credit: Illustration by Meghan Murphy. Scientists may finally understand how the rabies virus can drastically change its host's behavior to...
DNA study in the Pacific reveals 2000 percent increase in our knowledge of mollusc biodiversity
Credit: Adrian Glover, Thomas Dahlgren, Helena Wiklund Scientists working in the new frontier for deep-sea mining have revealed a remarkable...
Forest grazing counteracts the effectiveness of trees to reduce flood risk
Credit: Lancaster University Planting trees can reduce flood risk, but a high intensity forest land use, such as grazing, can...
Scientist to study biomarkers of brain region variation important to neuropsychiatric disorders
San Antonio, Texas (Oct. 10, 2017) - Neuropsychiatric disorders like bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder, schizophrenia, post-traumatic stress disorder, and...
Liquid biopsy may be new way to detect liver cancer earlier, easier
An international team of researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Moores Cancer Center, with colleagues...
Women who undergo aggressive surgery for breast cancer may miss more work
A new study reveals that patients with breast cancer who received more aggressive treatments were more likely to experience disruptions...
Study finds double mastectomy tied to more missed work
(Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan) As more breast cancer patients are choosing to remove both breasts, researchers examine the...
Addressing the double standard
Addressing the Double Standard: Compounded Bioidentical Hormone Therapies versus FDA-Approved Hormone Medications for Women A new editorial highlights the need...
Scientists complete conservation puzzle, shaping understanding of life on earth
An international team of scientists have completed the 'atlas of life' - the first global review and map of every...
Making fat mice lean: Novel immune cells control neurons responsible for fat breakdown
Credit: Roksana Pirzgalska, IGC The biological causes underlying obesity have been under intense scrutiny with studies suggesting a link between...
Cancer scientists crack the durian genome
Credit: Kevin Lim, Yong Chern Han, Cedric Ng Singapore, 9 October 2017 - Scientists from the Humphrey Oei Institute of...
Bacteria self-organize to build working sensors
Credit: Will (Yangxiaolu) Cao, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- Researchers at Duke University have turned bacteria into the builders of...
