Have Antillean manatees crossed the Panama Canal?
In the mid-sixties, almost 50 years after the creation of the artificial Gatun Lake for the operations of the Panama Canal, the Health Bureau of...
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The Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children’s Hospital announces a new Co-Director
HOUSTON (Jul. 12, 2022) - Dr. Joshua Shulman, Professor at Baylor College of Medicine, has been named the new Co-Director of the Jan and Dan...
Source of ancient Martian rocks found using Perth supercomputer
Five to ten million years ago an asteroid smashed into Mars. It created a massive crater and propelled a chunk of ancient Martian crust into...
Those with substance use disorder largely resilient during the pandemic, IU study finds
Stay-at-home orders issued during the COVID-19 pandemic interrupted many facets of our lives and created many barriers, particularly for those in recovery for substance use...
From nuclei to neutron stars
How big is an atomic nucleus? How does the size of a nucleus relate to a neutron star? These tantalizing questions in physics were explored...
Habitat shifts affect brain structure in Amazonian butterflies, according to study
Habitat differences help determine changes in the nervous system of tropical butterflies, scientists at the University of Bristol have found.Credit: Benito Wainwright Habitat differences help...
Rare deep-sea brine pools discovered in Red Sea
MIAMI—Researchers at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science recently discovered rare deep-sea brine pools in the Gulf of Aqaba, a...
UMD scientists identify mechanism responsible for fruit and seed development in flowering plants
With rising global temperatures and dwindling pollinator populations, food production has become increasingly difficult for the world’s growers.Credit: Zhongchi Liu With rising global temperatures and...
During sleep the brain’s reaction to sound remains strong but one critical feature of conscious attention disappears
A new discovery from Tel Aviv University may provide a key to a great scientific enigma: How does the awake brain transform sensory input into...
How environmentally responsible is lithium brine mining? It depends on how old the water is
AMHERST, Mass. – A groundbreaking new study recently published in the journal Earth’s Future and led by researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in...
How stressed-out plants produce their own aspirin
Plants protect themselves from environmental hazards like insects, drought and heat by producing salicylic acid, also known as aspirin. A new understanding of this process...
A look inside ancient fish heads
The evolution of the brain and nervous system in animals has been wound back more than 400 million years, thanks to the examination of fossil...
Research shows investigational drug fosters nerve repair after injury
Scientists from the University of Birmingham have shown that a brain-penetrating candidate drug currently in development as a cancer therapy can foster regeneration of damaged...
Illinois research team accelerates imaging techniques for capturing small molecules’ structures
URBANA, Ill. — A University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign research effort led by Pinshane Huang is accelerating imaging techniques to visualize structures of small molecules clearly — a...
10,000 Aussie workers set to develop lung cancer from silica dust: Study
As many as 10,000 Australians are predicted to develop lung cancer in their lifetime from being exposed to silica dust, new Curtin University modelling has...
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