Conservation Research: Sustaining flamingo populations – size matters
Flocking flamingos in groups of 50 or more may be one key to encouraging successful reproduction, according to a study published this month in Zoo Biology. Researchers used...
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Pioneering approach advances study of CTCF protein in transcription biology
(Memphis, Tenn.—January 25, 2023) CTCF is a critical protein known to play various roles in key biological processes such as transcription. Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research...
Study seeks to improve pediatric patient safety by addressing language barriers
If most Americans were asked to name the country’s leading causes of death each year, their answers would likely include things such as heart disease,...
Mount Sinai researchers awarded $12 million NIH grant to create a center to unravel novel causes of food allergy and atopic dermatitis
New York, NY (January 25, 2023) – Mount Sinai researchers have been awarded $12 million over five years by the National Institutes of Health to...
Chatterboxes: FSU researcher develops new model that shows how bacteria communicate
When bacteria interact, they give off cellular signals that can trigger a response in their neighbors, causing them to behave in different ways or produce...
Rice scientists’ discovery could lead to new Alzheimer’s therapies
HOUSTON – (Jan. 25, 2023) – Scientists from Rice University are using fluorescence lifetime to shed new light on a peptide associated with Alzheimer’s disease,...
‘Exotic hadrons’ research to advance knowledge of nuclear physics
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Indiana University researchers are part of a five-year, $11.24 million initiative from the U.S. Department of Energy to solve challenging and complex...
New research evaluates the safety of transplants from organ donors who recently testing positive for SARS-CoV-2
RENTON, Wash. – The demand for donated organs has already exceeded supply, with patients waiting months and sometimes years for a donor. With so many...
Heart failure risk higher in rural areas
Heart failure risk is 19% higher for adults living in rural areas of the U.S., as compared to urban areas, and 34% higher for Black...
23 years of WHO Disease Outbreak News reports reveal how global threats posed by disease outbreaks have shifted over time
####Credit: Carlson et al., 2023, PLOS Global Public Health, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) #### Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/globalpublichealth/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgph.0001083 Article Title: The world health organization’s disease outbreak news:...
52-million-year-old fossils show near-primates were cool with colder climate
LAWRENCE — Two sister species of near-primate, called “primatomorphans,” dating back about 52 million years have been identified by researchers at the University of Kansas...
Sleep disorders in parents and children associated with more parental stress, study finds
The rate of parental stress is greater among parents who have sleep disorders themselves, or have children with sleep disorders, according to a new study...
Hernandez-Garcia honored for kindling curiosity and passion for physics
NEWPORT NEWS, VA – Mexican-born physicist Carlos Hernandez-Garcia was about to deliver a presentation to the Mexican Community of Particle Accelerators last month when he...
No cap removal, no fertilization
Osaka, Japan – Fertilization is the union of two cells: an egg and a sperm. Before the egg and the sperm fuse, an event known...
Movement information offers critical visual cues
Most research studies use pictures to explore how the brain constructs what we ‘see,’ but, we do not live in a static world. Motion cues...