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New dyes detect disease through heartbeat signals
Credit: Peter Morenus/UConn Photo Vibrant tones of yellow, orange, and red move in waves across the screen. Although the display...
Premature infants may get metabolic boost from mom’s breast milk
The breast milk of mothers with premature babies has different amounts of microRNA than that of mothers with babies born...
Filtering molecules from the water or air with nanomembranes
Credit: Photo: Bielefeld University Free-standing carbon membranes that are a millionth of a millimetre thin: these are a special research...
Corrosion in real time
What affects almost everything made of metal, from cars to boats to underground pipes and even the fillings in your...
People of color exposed to more pollution from cars, trucks, power plants over 10 years
Credit: Abby VanMuijen/University of Washington A new nationwide study finds that the U.S. made little progress from 2000 to 2010...
‘Handedness’ in scale-eating fish: Nature and nurture
Credit: Yuichi Takeuchi Nagoya, Japan - The preference for using one side of the body over the other, as observed...
$10M DOE grant to help boost camelina oilseed yield
Credit: Kurt Stepnitz EAST LANSING, Mich. - Both civil airlines and the military have successfully used camelina oil blends to...
Temple researchers uncover mechanism behind calorie restriction and lengthened lifespan
Credit: Temple Health (Philadelphia, PA) - Almost a century ago, scientists discovered that cutting calorie intake could dramatically extend lifespan...
No strings attached for underwater video system
Credit: © 2017 KAUST A flexible and cost-effective technology for streaming high-quality underwater video images has been developed by researchers...
New climate risk classification created to account for potential ‘existential’ threats
Credit: Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego A new study evaluating models of future climate scenarios has led...
MD Anderson and Daiichi Sankyo enter research collaboration to accelerate development of acute myeloid leukemia therapies
HOUSTON AND BASKING RIDGE, N.J. - The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited today...
New knowledge on how HIV beats the body’s early immune response
Credit: Westmead Institute for Medical Research In an important step towards eradicating HIV-associated viral reservoirs, researchers at Sydney's Westmead Institute...
Treatment of overweight: Is metabolically healthy obesity a worthwhile initial goal?
Credit: Source: DZD/IDM Worldwide nearly one in three individuals is obese. The consequence: More and more people suffer from diseases...
Once-abundant ash tree and antelope species face extinction — IUCN Red List
Gland, Switzerland, 14 September 2017 (IUCN) - North America's most widespread and valuable ash tree species are on the brink...
Obese inducing brain mechanism
Credit: NIBB Leptin is an adipocyte-derived hormone that stimulates hypothalamic neurons to strongly inhibit food intake. Leptin signaling in the...
Tiny fighters in sediments determine success of invasive marine plants
Credit: Image: Paul Gribben/UNSW Armies of microbes that are invisible to the naked eye battle it out to determine whether...
Biologist reaches into electric eel tank, comes out with equation to measure shocks
Credit: Ken Catania/Vanderbilt University The shock from a young electric eel feels like accidentally touching a horse fence. A big...
Toward ending an environmental nightmare
Credit: Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment Stephen Luby's epiphany came to him 30,000 feet up in the air. The...
Old fish few and far between under fishing pressure
Credit: Victoria O'Connell Like old-growth trees in a forest, old fish in the ocean play important roles in the diversity...
Threatened Alabama snail renamed after a case of mistaken identity
Credit: Thomas Tarpley Alabama has some of the highest diversity of freshwater snails in the world, but many snails are...
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