Grant beefs up grazing initiative that benefits farmers and environment
Rolling green pastures dotted with grazing cows are a common sight in Virginia. However, there’s more strategy behind those grazing cows than most people know,...
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Fossils of two early cretaceous species discovered in southwest Arkansas
Two new species dating back to the Early Cretaceous Period were recently discovered in Sevier County in southwest Arkansas. One is a small skink researchers...
Discovery of new tiny fish, lizard species reported in PeerJ
Two tiny new species that inhabited part of what is now the American south some 100 million years ago have been discovered by a team...
Carnivores may adjust schedule to avoid each other, researchers find
Just as humans may leave their home five minutes early to avoid a talkative neighbor or depart work late to avoid a rude coworker, carnivorous...
Two-handed movements require more neural effort as people grow older
A team of researchers from Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences (Leipzig) has discovered that the age-related decline in bilateral anti-phase movement...
October research news from the Ecological Society of America
Credit: M. G. Turner From Ecology: Why the tropics contain more fleshy fruits Author contact: Bo Wang ([email protected]) For decades, scientists have speculated about...
New study finds no risk of pregnancy loss from COVID-19 vaccination
A new study published in The New England Journal of Medicine has found no correlation between COVID-19 vaccinations and risk of first-trimester miscarriages, providing further...
Artificial intelligence spots anomalies in medical images
Scientists from Skoltech, Philips Research, and Goethe University Frankfurt have trained a neural network to detect anomalies in medical images to assist physicians in sifting through...
Fungal outbreak in marine mammals began on land
In the early 2000s, a fungus infected hundreds of animals and people in British Columbia and Washington State. Scientists found that the disease also killed...
Novel peroxide-based material emits fluorescence in response to stress
Polymers make-up everything from the clothes we wear to the plastic we eat off. In recent years, polymers that can release small molecules (like drugs)...
Cell-free DNA identifies early signs of relapse in pediatric medulloblastoma
Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have shown that cell-free DNA from cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) can be used to detect measurable residual disease (MRD) in children...
Bright prospects for OCT at 30
Around the world, every second, someone gets a retinal OCT scan, typically as a routine portion of an eye exam. The high-resolution images obtained by...
Cystic fibrosis patients may see personalized treatments emerge from “drug screening in a dish,” stem cell research finds
Stem cell researchers may soon have a new way to identify and develop novel, personalized therapies for patients with Cystic Fibrosis (CF) who lack effective...
Targeted drug shows activity against brain metastases in kidney cancer
BOSTON – A targeted drug has shown promising activity against brain metastases resulting from kidney cancer, achieving a 50 percent response rate, and supporting further...
Lab-grown ‘mini brains’ hint at potential treatment options for motor neurone disease and frontotemporal dementia
Cambridge researchers have developed ‘mini brains’ that allow them to study a fatal and untreatable neurological disorder causing paralysis and dementia – and for the...
