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Inherent feminizing effect of germ cells: New insights into sex determination
Credit: © Toshiya Nishimura Nagoya University-led study shows for the first time germ cells have an inherent property to feminize...
Dolphins tear up nets as fish numbers fall
Credit: Robin Snape Fishing nets suffer six times more damage when dolphins are around - and overfishing is forcing dolphins...
Scientists develop sugar-coated nanosheets to selectively target pathogens
Credit: Berkeley Lab Researchers have developed a process for creating ultrathin, self-assembling sheets of synthetic materials that can function like...
Patients who travel abroad for plastic surgery can bring home serious complications
With the promise of inexpensive procedures luring patients to travel abroad for plastic surgery, medical tourism has become an expanding,...
Researchers investigate riverbank erosion and resilience in coastal Bangladesh
Credit: Virginia Tech Coastal residents in Bangladesh are losing their homes and farmland at an astonishing rate due to riverbank...
Just one high-fat meal sets the perfect stage for heart disease
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (March 29, 2018) - A single high-fat milkshake, with a fat...
One species described multiple times: How taxonomists contribute to biodiversity discovery
Credit: Dr. Norman F. Johnson While working on a rare little known group of Oriental wasps that most likely parasitise...
$3.2 million grant funds development of new malaria vaccine
The Global Health Innovative Technology Fund has awarded the University of Florida and partners in the United States and Japan...
Illinois researchers receive $1 million to study bioenergy crops
URBANA, Ill. - The USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture has announced a grant for $1 million to support...
Herring larvae could benefit from an acidifying ocean
Credit: Photo: KOSMOS/GEOMAR One of the many downsides of too much carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is what happens when...
NUS scientists develop novel chip for fast and accurate disease detection at low cost
A novel invention by a team of researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) holds promise for a faster...
Scientists use AI to predict biological age based on smartphone and wearables data
Credit: ©Gero LLC Moscow, March 29, 2018 - Researchers from the longevity biotech company GERO and Moscow Institute of Physics...
Polymers that mimic chameleon skin
Biological tissues have complex mechanical properties - soft-yet-strong, tough-yet-flexible - that are difficult to reproduce using synthetic materials. An international...
Pitt physicians devise emergency and trauma care referral map for US
Credit: David Wallace/University of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH, March 29, 2018 - In response to repeated calls for an integrated and coordinated...
Molecular basis of neural memory — reviewing ‘neuro-mimetic’ technologies
The overwhelming quest in cognitive science has been (and still is) to scientifically describe mental processes on a molecular level,...
Neurocognitive risk may begin before treatment for young leukemia patients
Credit: Seth Dixon/St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Leukemia itself, not just side effects related to its treatment, may increase the...
What stops mass extinctions?
(Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute) What slows or stops a disease epidemic if the pathogen is still present? It appears that...
Hockey victories may increase heart attack risk in Canadian men
Philadelphia, March 29, 2018 - The thrill of a hockey victory may put younger men at an increased risk for...
Is your Easter egg bad for the environment?
With Easter fast approaching, the thought of chocolate is probably on all our minds, but could the UK's love of...
Access, affordability of health care in years after ACA for cancer survivors
Bottom Line: Cancer survivors were more likely to be insured but they still reported greater difficulties accessing and affording health...