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Antidote to synthetic cannabis ‘Spice’ intoxication could be found in slimming drug
Early research from Queen Mary University of London has potentially found an antidote that can rapidly stop the intoxicating effects...
Test reveals antibiotic-resistant bacteria in a half hour
Credit: Caltech The discovery of antibiotics in the early part of the 20th century changed modern medicine. Simple infections that...
Climate change, population growth may lead to open ocean aquaculture
Credit: Photo courtesy Dane Klinger CORVALLIS, Ore. - A new analysis suggests that open-ocean aquaculture for three species of finfish...
Scientists identify a possible therapeutic target for regulating body weight
A new study published online in The FASEB Journal reveals a novel gene involved in maintaining body weight. Specifically, the...
LSU Health New Orelans joins national Precision Medicine research database effort
Credit: LSU Health New Orleans New Orleans, LA - LSU Health New Orleans' Precision Medicine team will participate in the...
Science news presents The SN 10: Scientists to Watch
Credit: Illustration Credit: Sam Falconer WASHINGTON, DC, Oct. 4, 2017 - Why aren't more scientists household names? For the third...
Study: Sunlight and the right microbes convert Arctic carbon into carbon dioxide
Credit: Rose Cory, University of Michigan CORVALLIS, Ore. - Nearly half of the organic carbon stored in soil around the...
Female fish like males who sing
Credit: The University of Gothenburg Noisier seas seem to hamper fish reproduction. A new doctoral thesis from the University of...
Study investigates the presence of contaminants on drinking water
(Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo) Comparative analysis between sanitation systems in Brazil and the USA...
A win-win for spotted owls and forest management
Credit: John Keane, USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station Remote sensing technology has detected what could be a win...
Asthma increases risk of complications during pregnancy and delivery
Women with asthma suffer more often from preeclampsia (PE) and run a higher risk of giving birth to underweight babies....
Hurricane exposes and washes away thousands of sea turtle nests
Credit: G. Stahelin, Univeristy of Central Florida Hurricane Irma took a devastating toll on incubating sea turtle nests in the...
Montana State researchers win grant to study gut microbiome-arsenic interactions
BOZEMAN - Two Montana State University researchers in different disciplines have teamed up to tackle the problem of arsenic poisoning,...
Toxic cocktail: Okinawan pit viper genome reveals evolution of snake venom
Credit: OIST/Steven Aird A bite from a pit viper, locally known as habu, can cause permanent disability and even death....
Meet Madagascar’s oldest animal lineage, a whirligig beetle with 206-million-year-old origins
Credit: Grey Gustafson | KU News Service LAWRENCE -- There are precious few species today in the biodiversity hotspot of...
Fish shrinking as ocean temperatures rise
One of the most economically important fish is shrinking in body weight, length and overall physical size as ocean temperatures...
Review articles put animal models under closer scrutiny
A new review article supported by a grant offered by Humane Society International has been published in the journal Plos...
Women use gossip to compete for a man’s attention
Although both men and women gossip, women may be more likely to use gossiping and rumour-mongering as tactics to badmouth...
University of Guelph researchers discover why females have heart health advantage
It's long been known that heart disease develops later in women than men. But the biological reasons why females have...
Different sugars, different risks to your liver
BOSTON - (Oct. 3, 2017) - If you're one of the two billion people in the world who are over-weight...
