Birds learn to avoid plants that host dangerous insects, researchers have found
Young birds that eat insects with conspicuous warning colouration to advertise their toxicity to would-be predators quickly learn to avoid other prey that carry the...
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National Kidney Foundation, Leading nephrology experts develop roadmap to advance kidney disease research
The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) released today a research roadmap that, if funded by Congress, would quickly accelerate innovations in treatment and increase understanding of kidney disease.Credit: Research...
Extinct ground sloth likely ate meat with its veggies
A new study led by researchers at the American Museum of Natural History suggests that Mylodon—a ground sloth that lived in South America until about...
Study reveals abundance of microscopic paint flakes in the North Atlantic
Flakes of paint could be one of the most abundant type of microplastic particles in the ocean, new research has suggested.Credit: Andrew Turner, University of...
New USask research contributes to understanding of Cystic Fibrosis
SASKATOON – Researchers at the University of Saskatchewan (USask) are hopeful new understanding of cellular defects related to Cystic Fibrosis (CF) could help pave the...
WVU to receive $2.7 million from NIH to study how the brain heals from stroke and impact of aging
Although strokes can occur no matter how old you are, your risk for one increases as you age. About two-thirds of the people hospitalized for...
Genetic analysis reveals differences in mate choice between wild and hatchery coho salmon
NEWPORT, Ore. – A new study of the genetic profiles of wild and hatchery coho salmon demonstrates important distinctions in how the two types of...
C. difficile is everywhere
Clostridium difficile or C. diff – a bacteria that causes inflammation of the colon and severe diarrhea – is widely prevalent in non-healthcare settings in the United States...
Neurobiologists identify widely used assembling and stabilizing forces behind brain synapses
Within the brain and other parts of the nervous system, synapses are key junctional points in between neurons (the nerve cells) where critical signals are...
Borneo forest patches adjacent to palm oil plantations may be key refuges for species including Asian water monitor lizards
Borneo forest patches adjacent to palm oil plantations may be key refuges for species including Asian water monitor lizardsCredit: Sergio Guerrero-Sanchez, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Borneo...
Line and hook fishing techniques in Epipaleolithic Israel
Humans in the Middle East were using complex fishing tools and techniques by 12,000 years ago, according to a study published October 6, 2021 in...
Multiple individuals are buried in the Tomb of Nestor’s Cup
The Tomb of Nestor’s Cup, a famous burial in Italy, contains not one deceased individual, but several, according to a study published October 6, 2021...
A study of skull growth and tooth emergence reveals that timing is everything
Six, 12, and 18. These are the ages that most people get their three adult molars or large chewing teeth towards the back of the mouth....
Feather phenomenon: Radar indicates stronger hurricanes trap, transport more birds
Whether birds get caged in the eye of a hurricane may depend on the intensity and totality of the chaos beyond the calm, says a...
NIH Director’s Award to develop framework to pinpoint disease-causing genetic mutations
Gerald Quon, an assistant professor in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, College of Biological Sciences at the University of California, Davis has received a...
