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Study sheds light on new Lyme disease-causing bacteria
Annapolis, MD; July 5, 2017--A new species of bacteria that causes Lyme disease needs the same amount of time for...
Global erosivity map shows differences between climatic regions
Soil is our most important source of food. And yet, much of the world's soils are being eroded faster than...
Keck School of Medicine of USC receives $6.9 million grant for pulmonary medicine research
Credit: Ricardo Carrasco III LOS ANGELES - The Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) is...
‘Substance P’ in tears — a noninvasive test for diabetes-related nerve damage?
July 5, 2017 - Levels of a nerve cell signaling molecule called substance P--measured in tear samples--might be a useful...
Don’t let lower back injuries take you down for the count
ROSEMONT, Ill. (July 5, 2017) -- Nearly one in three competitive athletes experiences low back pain. According to a literature...
Medica Research Institute finds provider consolidation can lead to higher physician prices
Minneapolis - The Medica Research Institute has published work in the journal Health Economics that analyzes the impact of physician...
Saving the paintbrush lily from extinction
Credit: Stefan Els A major effort is underway to conserve the last remaining 60 individual paintbrush lilies (Haemanthus pumilio) in...
Genetic DJ: Growing cells remix their genes
Credit: Dr Csilla Varnai Moving genes about could help cells to respond to change according to scientists at the Babraham...
Krill hotspot fuels incredible biodiversity in Antarctic region
CORVALLIS, Ore. - There are so many Antarctic krill in the Southern Ocean that the combined mass of these tiny...
New method helps fighting future pandemics
By developing a new technique for labeling the gene segments of influenza viruses, researchers now know more about how influenza...
Study: No link seen between traumatic brain injury and cognitive decline
(Boston) -- Although much research has examined traumatic brain injury (TBI) as a possible risk factor for later life dementia...
Remote Amazonian cities more vulnerable to climate change
Credit: Luke Parry Amazonians living in remote cities are more vulnerable to flooding and droughts than more accessible centres, researchers...
To treat or not to treat
It's a mark on your skin you've never noticed before. It's a spot with irregular borders, or a mole that...
Kinect scan of T. rex skull addresses paleontological mystery
Credit: Courtesy of the researchers Last year, a team of forensic dentists got authorization to perform a 3-D scan of...
The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group announces Allen Discovery Center at UW Medicine
Credit: Jay Shendure The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group announced today the creation of an Allen Discovery Center for Cell...
A whole-genome sequenced rice mutant resource for the study of biofuel feedstocks
Credit: Guotian Li and Rashmi Jain/Berkeley Lab Rice is a staple food for over half of the world's population and...
Multichannel EEG recordings enable precise brain wave measurement of fish
Credit: DGIST A research team led by Professor Sohee Kim at the Robotics Engineering department succeeded in measuring zebrafish's multi-channel...
Fish prefer to swim with sporty shoalmates
Credit: Ms Anna Persson Just like humans, many fish like to surround themselves with active companions - but frisky friends...
Gut bacteria can help to predict how the body will respond to fatty foods
Chemical signatures from gut bacteria which show up in urine can be used to predict how the body will respond...
Cutting the cost of ethanol, other biofuels and gasoline
Credit: Shishir Chundawat/Rutgers University and U.S. Department of Energy. Biofuels like the ethanol in U.S. gasoline could get cheaper thanks...
