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Duration of lactation associated with bone density
Maternal bone density decreases after childbirth, but only among women who lactate for at least four months. The lactation period...
Flies and bees act like plant cultivators
Credit: UZH Not much plant sex happens without pollinator insects: Bees, flies or butterflies transfer the male pollen grains to...
Phase II Ssudy: Radiotherapy dose increase to hypoxic NSCLC lesions
Credit: QuantIF – LITIS EA 4108 – FR CNRS 3638, Henri Becquerel Cancer Center, Rouen, France RESTON, Va. – Fluorine-18...
Stand Up To Cancer awards $1M to 4 research teams through Phillip A. Sharp Awards
Credit: Stand Up To Cancer NEW YORK, April 24, 2017– Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) has awarded a total of...
Collagen controlling the thickness and juvenile state of skin
Credit: Watanabe M., et al. eLIFE, July 11, 2017. Type XVII collagen (COL17) is found to regulate the proliferation of...
The first urban park butterfly study in HK: HKU ecologists reveal causes of butterfly…
Credit: The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong is home to a dazzling diversity of over 250 butterfly species, many...
Good grief! Losing a friend brings wild birds closer together
Credit: Molly Harwood New Oxford University research has revealed that instead of grieving, wild birds appear to adjust to the...
Ultrasound-triggered liposomes for on-demand, local anesthesia
Credit: Mary O'Reilly Researchers at Boston Children's Hospital have found a new way to non-invasively relieve pain at local sites...
Diagnosing & treating diabetes in heart attack patients improves…
People with heart problems often have diabetes, which puts them at greater risk for heart attacks, heart failure and stroke....
Dartmouth scientists shed light on how our brains see the world
HANOVER, N.H. – A Dartmouth study reveals how the brain understands motion and still objects to help us navigate our...
150-year records gap on Sulawesi ends with 5 new species in the…
Credit: Fabian Brambach It seemed rather unusual that the largest tree genus, Syzygium, containing over 1500 species, was only represented...
Pineapple genome offers insight into photosynthesis in…
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — By sequencing its genome, scientists are homing in on the genes and genetic pathways that allow the...
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...
Honey bees have sharper eyesight than we thought
Credit: Dr Elisa Rigosi, Lund University. Research conducted at the University of Adelaide has discovered that bees have much better...