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For rodents, seeing is believing
It's never easy to orientate oneself in a new place - that applies to rats as well. Researchers from the...
Climate change threatens domestic bee species
Credit: Photo: Mariela Schenk There are around 550 different bee species in Germany. Most of them are solitary bees. They...
Conversation cards© a useful tool in pediatric weight management
(Elsevier) Conversation Cards© were developed to help families think about and prioritize key challenges regarding pediatric weight management. They also...
Traumatic brain injury in veterans — differences from civilians may affect long-term care
July 6, 2017 - Veterans with traumatic brain injury (TBI) differ from civilians with TBI in some key ways--with potentially...
Photo-responsive protein hydrogels as agent for controlled stem cell/protein release
Credit: Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, HKUST Hydrogels, noted for their biomimetic properties, are the leading materials for biomedical...
Common insurance plans leave care at America’s top cancer hospitals out of reach
PHILADELPHIA - Cancer patients in the United States may be unable to access care at the nation's top hospitals due...
Vitamin D may improve sunburn, according to new clinical trial
High doses of vitamin D taken one hour after sunburn significantly reduce skin redness, swelling, and inflammation, according to double-blinded,...
Surveying sea floor animals for offshore renewable energy
CORVALLIS, Ore. - There is growing interest in developing offshore wind and wave energy facilities in the Pacific Northwest. But...
How cats and cows protect farm children from asthma
Credit: (UZH) It is a known fact that microbes on farms protect children from asthma and allergies. But even non-microbial...
NIH and collaborators identify the genomic cause for Carey-Fineman-Ziter syndrome
Credit: Darryl Leja, NHGRI An international team of researchers has identified genomic mutations for Carey-Fineman-Ziter (CFZS) syndrome, a very rare...
Anti-gravity treadmills get patients running again after knee surgery
Credit: Karen Hambly Anti-gravity treadmills get patients running again after knee surgery Patients recovering from knee operations are being helped...
Entasis Therapeutics and the Global Antibiotic Research & Development Partnership (GARDP) to develop a new treatment for drug-resistant gonorrhea
Zoliflodacin, a novel first-in-class oral antibiotic and one of the only treatments in development to address the rapidly-growing threat of...
Flexible and cost-effective fabrication of nature inspired structural colors
Throughout nature, colors generally arise from two sources: pigment colors and structural colors. For application purposes, pigments or dyes that...
Fern fossil data clarifies origination and extinction of species
Credit: Samuli Lehtonen Throughout the history of life, new groups of species have flourished at the expense of earlier ones...
DNA study of southern humpback finds calving ground loyalty drives population differences
Credit: Tim Collins/WCS Scientists conducting the first circum-global assessment of mitochondrial DNA variation in the Southern Hemisphere's humpback whales (Megaptera...
UK’s Farman is co-author of important wheat disease study
Credit: Paul Bachi LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 7, 2017) - A University of Kentucky plant pathologist is part of an international...
NIH awards $8.6 million for bold bid to transform lung transplantation
Credit: Jackson Smith | University of Virginia Health System Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have received...
Virus-derived expression vectors as gene therapy vehicles
Even as new viruses are being identified, the emerging field of virus discovery, identification of their nucleotide sequences, gene expression...
Study offers clue to memory formation in the brain
Credit: IBP While memory loss makes an engaging theme for a movie, in real life, learning and memory may be...
Keeping the beat
Credit: Swanson School of Engineering PITTSBURGH (July 6, 2017) ... The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has renewed funding for...
