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Pigeons better at multitasking than humans
Pigeons are capable of switching between two tasks as quickly as humans - and even more quickly in certain situations....
International prize recognizes Northwest ocean research program
Credit: Jennifer Fisher/Oregon State University Cooperative Institute for Marine Resources Studies At least every few weeks since the early 1960s,...
Amount of water in stem cells can determine its fate as fat or bone
Credit: Courtesy of the researchers. BUFFALO, N.Y. - Adding or removing water from a stem cell can change the destiny...
Treating citrus greening with copper: Effects on trees, soils
Citrus greening is a major challenge for Florida growers. The disease destroys the production, appearance, and economic value of citrus...
NSF grant supports biochemistry research and mentoring outreach
Credit: WFU / Ken Bennett The National Science Foundation recently awarded a $680,000 grant to Wake Forest University Associate Professor...
Discovery: Bernie Sanders spider
Credit: Agnarsson lab A scientist at the University of Vermont and four of his undergraduate students have discovered 15 new...
Chronic wasting disease
One of the most contagious of the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, is chronic wasting disease (CWD) which affects deer and represents...
How forest fires spoil wine
If wine is cultivated in an area where forest fires occur more often, such as in Australia or Southern Italy,...
Predatory bacteria found in study of cystic fibrosis patients’ lung microbiome
WASHINGTON, DC - September 26, 2017 - Cystic fibrosis patients have a wide variety of bacteria in their lungs, including...
‘Hypermutators’ drive pathogenic fungi to evolve more rapidly
Credit: Edmond Byrnes III, Joseph Heitman -- Duke; Valerie Knowlton - NC State DURHAM, N.C. -- Mutations tend to get...
Portland State study links cancerous toxins to cannabis extract
(Portland, Ore.) Sept. 25, 2017 - Researchers at Portland State University found benzene and other potentially cancer-causing chemicals in the...
Influence of C-section, formula feeding and antibiotics on infant gut microbiome
A new analytical approach, described in open-access journal Frontiers in Pediatrics, shows how different interventions - cesarean section, formula feeding,...
Illinois researchers develop gene circuit design strategy to advance synthetic biology
Credit: University of Illinois Department of Bioengineering. Over the last 17 years, scientists and engineers have developed synthetic gene circuits...
New study funded points to unexpected benefits of rabies vaccination in dogs
The rabies vaccine is extremely effective at preventing this fatal disease in dogs, but new research, funded by Morris Animal...
Nerves control the body’s bacterial community
Credit: Image: Christoph Giez, Dr. Alexander Klimovich A central aspect of life sciences is to explore the symbiotic cohabitation of...
Caribbean praying mantises have ancient African origin
Credit: Gavin Svenson, Ph.D. Three seemingly unrelated praying mantis groups inhabiting Cuba and the rest of the Greater Antilles actually...
Ethnic minorities and the elderly are underrepresented in cancer clinical trials
ATLANTA -- Many ethnic minority groups and elderly Americans are underrepresented in cancer clinical trials, according to results of a...
People of Mexican decent in US have more liver cancer risk factors than those living in Mexico
ATLANTA -- Mexican-Americans living in the United States demonstrated more risk factors for liver cancer than their counterparts in Mexico,...
Religiously tailored educational intervention lead more Muslim women to get mammograms
ATLANTA -- A religiously sensitive educational effort designed to address barriers to mammography for Muslim women increased the women's perceived...
Tumor microenvironment of TNBC varies between African-American and European-American women
ATLANTA -- The presence of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) varied significantly in the tumors of African-American and European-American women with triple...
