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Credit: Kaoru Hiramoto, et al. Cells breathe, to an extent, exchanging gases, taking in energy sources from the environment and processing it. Now, researchers from...

Spring forest flowers likely key to bumble bee survival, Illinois study finds

Credit: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- For more than a decade, ecologists have been warning of a downward trend in bumble bee...

Ageing impairs critical final egg maturation stage

Women's fertility may decline with age due to impaired RNA levelsCredit: Montserrat Barragan/Clinica Eugin Age may adversely affect women's fertility by impairing levels of RNA...

Many children with cardiomyopathy have a genetic mutation but few are screened

Routine genetic screening for all children with cardiomyopathy could make a powerful difference in outcomes and even survivalCredit: Douglas Levere/University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. --...

NYU Environmental Studies Professor Sonali Shukla McDermid named Carnegie Fellow

Credit: Mathew McDermid New York University's Sonali Shukla McDermid has been named an Andrew Carnegie Fellow, one of 26 selected to the 2021 class for...

Treating neurological symptoms of CHARGE syndrome

Discovery of a treatment that alleviates some neurological symptoms of a rare genetic disorderCredit: Christian Fleury (INRS) CHARGE syndrome is a rare genetic disorder affecting...

Scientists don spacesuits to explore Hawaiian lava tubes as if they were on Mars

Credit: HI-SEAS MUNICH -- Imagine trying to pick up a pebble or scrape microbes off a cave wall in a bulky spacesuit with puffy gloves...

The growing promise of community-based monitoring and citizen science

Credit: Kayla Farmer Over recent decades, community-based environmental monitoring (often called "citizen science") has exploded in popularity, aided both by smartphones and rapid gains in...

Drones provide bird’s eye view of how turbulent tidal flows affect seabird foraging habits

Credit: Lilian Lieber, Queen's University Belfast The foraging behaviour of seabirds is dramatically affected by turbulence caused by natural coastal features and manmade ocean structures,...

WVU receives NSF grant to transition large fungal collection to University of Kansas

Credit: Brian Persinger/WVU For more than 30 years, the world's largest collection of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi - the "good" kind essential for sustaining plant life...

Lack of educational opportunities influence drug use for rural youth

MU study identifies compounding challenges that limit advancement opportunities for disengaged youth, offers possible solutionsCredit: MU School of Health Professions COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Having grown...

U-M RNA scientists identify many genes involved in neuron development

Credit: Nigel Michki Neurons result from a highly complex and unique series of cell divisions. For example, in fruit flies, the process starts with stem...

New edition provides updates on fungicides used to control turfgrass diseases

Credit: APS PRESS A Practical Guide to Turfgrass Fungicides, Second Edition, is a current, comprehensive, and hands-on resource focused specifically on the fungicides used for...

Droperidol most effective sedation medication for agitation with less sides effects

Credit: KIRSTY CHALLEN, B.SC., MBCHB, MRES, PH.D., LANCASHIRE TEACHING HOSPITALS, UNITED KINGDOM Des Plaines, IL - In a randomized, double-blind trial of patients with acute...

Researchers identify protein produced after stroke that triggers neurodegeneration