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Red Sea gene pool follows water flow
Credit: © 2017 Ibrahim Hoteit A collaboration between KAUST and several UK institutes has revealed that surface currents are important...
Does the titanium dioxide in food and nanomaterials affect the gut microbiome?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, Oct. 3, 2017 -- A new study has shown that the...
Gabapentin co-use may increase risk of fatal opioid overdose
Co-prescription of the anticonvulsant gabapentin is associated with an increased risk of opioid-related death in people who are prescribed opioid...
Ancient petrified salamander reveals its last meal
Credit: Jérémy Tissier A new study on an exceptionally preserved salamander from the Eocene of France reveals that its soft...
To breed or not to breed? Migratory female butterflies face a monsoonal dilemma
Credit: Dr. Krushnamegh Kunte, NCBS-TIFR What do CPUs, stockbrokers, and butterflies have in common? They are good at investing their...
‘Ideal biomarker’ detects Alzheimer’s disease before the onset of symptoms
Credit: prostem.eu Croatia, New Mexico (October, 2017): Absence of a prefrontal activation during sensory gating of simple tones detects the...
Ammonia emissions unlikely to be causing extreme China haze
Credit: Georgia Tech As China struggles to find ways to remedy the noxious haze that lingers over Beijing and other...
Livestock grazing harming giant panda habitat
Credit: Binbin Li DURHAM, N.C. -- Increased livestock grazing in China's Wanglang National Nature Preserve has damaged one third of...
New information on a major player in chronic visceral leishmaniasis
In an article in the latest issue of Plos Pathogens, INRS professor Simona Stäger and her team show how the...
Cell signals that trigger wound healing are surprisingly complex
Credit: Michael Todd, Vanderbilt University In a sharp and pointy world, wound healing is a critical and marvelous process. Despite...
‘CRISPR-Gold’ fixes Duchenne muscular dystrophy mutation in mice
Credit: Murthy/Conboy/Nature Biomedical Engineering Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have engineered a new way to deliver CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing...
Got a picky eater? How ‘nature and nurture’ may be influencing eating behavior in young children
URBANA, Ill. - For most preschool-age children, picky eating is just a normal part of growing up. But for others,...
New report gives the lay of the land on grazing livestock’s climate impact
Tuesday October 3, 2017 - Oxford, United Kingdom: An international research collaboration has shed light on the impact that grass-fed...
Durian industry could suffer without the endangered fruit bat
Credit: RIMBA Scientists have discovered that Southeast Asia's endangered fruit bats - commonly known as flying foxes - play an...
Six for six
UC Santa Barbara's Materials Research Laboratory (MRL) has received its sixth consecutive multimillion-dollar grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF)...
Prehistoric squid was last meal of newborn ichthyosaur 200 million years ago
Credit: Julian Kiely. Scientists from the UK have identified the smallest and youngest specimen of Ichthyosaurus communis on record and...
Researchers identify free-flowing aerosol particles using holograms, lasers
Credit: Kansas State University MANHATTAN, KANSAS -- Holographic images of free-flowing air particles may help climate change and biological weapons...
Genetic targets to chemo-resistant breast cancer identified
Credit: NCI DALLAS - Oct. 3, 2017 - Research led by Dr. Carlos Arteaga, Director of the Harold C. Simmons...
New method for tissue regeneration, inspired by nature, described by scientists
Credit: University of Birmingham Scientists have found a way of mimicking our body's natural healing process, using cell derived nano-sized...
Mold contamination in sea salts could potentially spoil food
ITHACA, N.Y. - Like fine wines, sea salts are artisanal products that inspire talk of terroir, texture and provenance. Now...
