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April 6, 2026

Cold region ‘tipping point’ now inevitable

Credit: Juha Aalto The decline of cold regions called periglacial zones is now inevitable due to climate change, researchers say....

Cocaine users’ brains unable to extinguish drug associations

Cocaine-addicted individuals say they find the drug much less enjoyable after years of use, but they have great difficulty quitting....

Muscle nuclei: May the force be with you

Credit: Image and video: William Roman, Edgar Gomes Lab Concept and animation: Ana de Barros, iMM Lisboa A group of...

Birds’ unique skulls linked to young dinosaur brains

Credit: Fabbri et al., 2017 Bird skulls and brains look like those of young dinosaurs, providing clues to their unique...

The evolutionary origin of the gut

Credit: Sabrina Kaul-Strehlow, Patrick Steinmetz How did the gut, the skin and musculature evolve? This question concerns scientists for more...

The business of bioanalysis: Expert panel addresses hot topics in industry

Filmed at the 11th WRIB (Los Angeles, CA, USA, 3-7 April 2017), the series covers conversation between Scott Fountain (Charles...

As athletes collide in arenas this fall, NJIT concussion experts look to assess and heal

Credit: NJIT Amid the adrenaline rush and dreams of glory in sports arenas large and small this fall, there will...

Protein research could help in hunt for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s cures

Credit: University of Kent Protein research at University of Kent could help in hunt for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's cures Research...

These mutations could be key to understanding how some harmful conditions develop

A team of researchers led by a bioinformatician at the University of California San Diego has developed a method to...

Fire ant venom compounds may lead to skin treatments

Credit: From Arbiser et al Scientific Reports (2017). Compounds derived from fire ant venom can reduce skin thickening and inflammation...

Georgetown hosts global health security expert Beth Cameron

WASHINGTON (Sept. 11, 2017) - Georgetown University's Center for Global Health Science and Security and the Georgetown Global Health Initiative...

UAlberta chemist creates next generation of neuroscience tools

UAlberta chemistry professor Robert Campbell is developing new ways to see and manipulate the activity of neurons in the brain,...

New method for monitoring fetal heartbeat

Researchers have developed a technique to accurately isolate fetal heart sounds from background noise in acoustic recordings, allowing them to...

Scientists construct first predictive model of inflammatory bowel disease

STAMFORD, Conn. & NEW YORK, NY -- September 11, 2017 -- Scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount...

Airline industry could fly thousands of miles on biofuel from a new promising feedstock

Credit: Claire Benjamin/University of Illinois A Boeing 747 burns one gallon of jet fuel each second. A recent analysis from...

Neck mass in adults: Guideline for evaluation provides framework for timely diagnosis

CHICAGO, IL --With the development of the Clinical Practice Guideline: Evaluation of the Neck Mass in Adults, published today in...

Abdominal fat a key cancer driver for postmenopausal women

LUGANO-MADRID, 10 September, 2017 - Body fat distribution in the trunk is more important than body weight when it comes...

Cancer patients struggle with key aspects of clinical trial methodology

LUGANO-MADRID, 10 September, 2017 - Clinical trials are fundamental to the development of new treatments for cancer, yet the annual...

E-cigarettes linked to increased arterial stiffness, blood pressure and heart rate in humans

Milan, Italy: New research has shown for the first time that e-cigarettes with nicotine cause a stiffening of the arteries...

Incidence of acute myocardial infarction may increase the day after Asian dust exposure