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Infected insects cause a stink
Credit: UC Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Tiny eel-like creatures called nematodes are surrounding us. While they can be free-living (a...
Undetected infection
The raccoon that topples your trashcan and pillages your garden may leave more than just a mess. More likely than...
New non-photosynthesizing plant species discovered on Ishigaki island, Japan
Credit: SUGIMOTO Takaomi A new species of non-photosynthesizing parasitic plant has been discovered on the subtropical island of Ishigaki in...
New study challenges prevailing theory about how deep-sea vents are colonized
Credit: © 2015 MBARI MOSS LANDING, CA--An article just published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B describes two...
Nutritional value of soybean meal varies among sources from different countries
URBANA, Ill. - Research from the University of Illinois is helping swine producers know what they're getting when they buy...
Imaging technology reveals copper is key to meeting future food and energy needs
Credit: Cornell University ITHACA, N.Y. - For the first time, Cornell University researchers are using imaging capabilities at the Cornell...
UMD engineers invent the first bio-compatible, ion current battery
COLLEGE PARK -- Engineers at the University of Maryland have invented an entirely new kind of battery. It is bio-compatible...
Genome editing with CRISPR-Cas9 prevents angiogenesis of the retina
Boston, Mass. -- A research team from the Schepens Eye Research Institute of Massachusetts Eye and Ear has successfully prevented...
The coast is not so clear
For nearly a century, the O'Shaughnessy seawall has held back the sand and seas of San Francisco's Ocean Beach. At...
Research targets long-term brain deficits in cardiac arrest survivors
New Orleans, LA - Research conducted by Jason Middleton, PhD, Assistant Professor of Cell Biology and Anatomy, and Neuroscience at...
UC research examines lung cell turnover as risk factor & target for treatment of influenza pneumonia
Credit: University of Cincinnati CINCINNATI--Influenza is a recurring global health threat that, according to the World Health Organization, is responsible...
Fungi that evolved to eat wood offer new biomass conversion tool
Credit: Karel Tejkal, used with permission AMHERST, Mass. - Twenty years ago, microbiologist Barry Goodell, now a professor at the...
Too little vitamin D may hinder recovery of injured corneas
Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (July 24, 2017) - Injury or disease in combination with too little vitamin D can...
Additional studies needed to evaluate CVD risks of hormone therapy for transgender patients
A new narrative review authored by Carl Streed Jr., MD, at Brigham and Women's Hospital, published in the Annals of...
Researchers find corn gene conferring resistance to multiple plant leaf diseases
Researchers at North Carolina State University have found a specific gene in corn that appears to be associated with resistance...
New map may lead to drug development for complex brain disorders, USC researcher says
Credit: Steven Park Just as parents are not the root of all their children's problems, a single gene mutation can't...
Campaigning on climate science consensus may backfire, warn scholars
Climate change campaigns that focus on correcting public beliefs about scientific consensus are likely to backfire and undermine policy efforts,...
Shaping up against pathogens
Credit: © Chris Smart, NYSAES, Geneva NY A missing link in the complex molecular pathway by which plants resist pathogens...
Offer of $100 boosts rates of colon cancer screenings
PHILADELPHIA - Offering $100 to patients eligible for a preventive colonoscopy screening more than doubled the rate of screening when...
COX-2 inhibitors may reverse IDO1-mediated immunosuppression in some cancers
Bottom Line: In preclinical studies, tumors that consitutively expressed the protein indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO1) responded to the cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitor...
