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Morgridge scientists illuminate structures vital to virus replication
Credit: Ahlquist lab, Morgridge Institute for Research MADISON -- In the fight against the viruses that invade everyday life, seeing...
Study calls for urgent need for improved human-wildlife conflict management across India
Credit: Krithi Karanth Bengaluru, India (June 27, 2017) -- There is an urgent need to strengthen human-wildlife conflict management across...
Brain signals deliver first targeted treatment for world’s most common movement disorder
Credit: University of Washington Essential tremor is the world's most common movement disorder, affecting an estimated 7 million people in...
Pre-synaptic cadherin/catenin complexes stablize post-synaptic spines in vivo
Credit: Image by Dr. LI Yefei Synapses are fundamental building blocks of neural circuits. Synapse formation requires complex regulation involving...
Researchers examine brain region that affects drug use habits
The human brain is nimble. It can reorganize itself to learn new things, catalog memories, and even break old habits....
Dartmouth study finds legal cannabis laws impact teen use
HANOVER, NH -- A new study by researchers at Dartmouth has found that adolescents living in medical marijuana states with...
How grassland management without the loss of species works
The intensive management of grasslands is bad for biodiversity. However, a study by the Terrestrial Ecology Research Group at the...
What makes stem cells into perfect allrounders
Stem cells are considered biological allrounders because they have the potential to develop into the various body cell types. For...
Friend or foe? Manganese concentration in drinking water needs attention, researchers say
Credit: Kansas State University MANHATTAN, KANSAS -- In the world of heavy metal poisoning, arsenic may have found a sidekick...
Woodrats can’t stomach favorite foods at high temps
Credit: Kevin Kohl You'd think desert woodrats already had a lot of adversity. Besides the constant threat of coyotes and...
New photoacoustic technique detects gases at parts-per-quadrillion level
Credit: Gerald Diebold PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A team of researchers has found a way to detect trace gases down to...
Brain’s connectivity network may provide key insights into neurological disorders
A deeper understanding of the brain's connectivity network of neurons and its relationship to the organ's deep tissue could allow...
Obesity risk factors dropped in preschoolers in prevention program
New York, NY (June 27, 2017)--Preschoolers from low-income families living in cities that took part in a two-year community-wide intervention...
Yoga more risky for causing musculoskeletal pain than you might think
Yoga causes musculoskeletal pain in 10 per cent of people and exacerbates 21 per cent of existing injuries, University of...
Acupuncture may not be effective in treating infertility
Acupuncture, alone or with the medication clomiphene, does not appear to be effective in treating infertility in women with polycystic...
What we can learn about global flu evolution from one person’s infection
A new study has found that flu evolution within some individuals can hint at the virus's eventual evolutionary course worldwide....
Ancient retrovirus embedded in the human genome helps fight HIV-1 infection
Credit: Dr. Kazuaki Monde Throughout our evolution, viruses have continually infected humans just as they do today. Some early viruses...
Neuroscientist from the Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown receives scientific award
Credit: Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown The Portuguese neuroscientist Rui Costa, principal investigator at the Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown,...
New book on Synthetic Biology from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
Credit: Thomas Deerinck and Mark Ellisman, National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research (NCMIR), and John Glass and J. Craig...
Three giants in the field of radiation oncology named 2017 ASTRO Gold Medalists
Credit: Soren M. Bentzen, DSc, PhD/American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) ARLINGTON, Va., June 27, 2017 --The American Society for...
