A tasty Florida butterfly turns sour
Credit: Photo: Katy Prudic/University of Arizona The viceroy butterfly is a mimic, modeling its orange-and-black colors after the queen butterfly, a bug that tastes so...
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Surprise rheumatoid arthritis discovery points to new treatment
Credit: Dan Addison | University Communications Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have identified an unexpected contributor to rheumatoid arthritis that may...
Scientists find routine allomaternal nursing in an Old World monkey
Credit: IOZ A team of scientists led by Prof. LI Ming of the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, found widespread allomaternal nursing behavior...
Honeybees’ waggle dance no longer useful in some cultivated landscapes
Social communication in bee colonies: Bees learn to evaluate the importance of information shared by waggle dancesCredit: photo/©: Christoph Grüter For bees and other social...
More water resources over the Sahel region of Africa in the 21st century under global warming
The Sahel is a semi-arid region of transition in Africa between the Sahara and the Sudanian Savanna, which is extremely sensitive to the precipitation change....
Magnetization reversal achieved at room temperature using only an electric field
Credit: Keisuke Shimizu, Masaki Azuma, Tokyo Institute of Technology Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology achieved magnetization reversal in cobalt-substituted bismuth ferrite by applying only...
The research initiative RESTORE Health — therapies that cure
Credit: Schröder/Charité RESTORE is a Europe-wide research initiative with a focus on curing disease rather than treating symptoms. Led by the BIH Center for Regenerative...
Finding keyholes in metals 3D printing
New Research Identifies Causes for Defects in 3D Printing and Paves Way for Better ResultsCredit: Carnegie Mellon University College of Engineering Additive manufacturing's promise to...
New World Health Organization strategy aims to halve the global impact of snakebite
A new World Health Organization (WHO) strategy aims to halve the impact of snakebite, which affects 5.4 million people globally each year, kills up to...
ETRI won AVSS contest on traffic surveillance technology
Credit: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) A vehicle recognition technology for traffic surveillance developed by South Korea's Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) won...
Fungus from the intestinal mucosa can affect lung health
Our microbiome can impair our immune system through the harmless fungus Candida albicans The composition of the microbiome - the countless bacteria, fungi and viruses...
A peek at living room decor suggests how decorations vary around the world
Credit: Penn State People around the world paint their walls different colors, buy plants to spruce up their interiors and engage in a variety of...
Split and continuous sleep in teens impact cognition and glucose levels differently
SINGAPORE, 19 February 2019 - Many adolescent students sleep less than the recommended duration of 8-10 hours a night. It is unclear; however, whether short...
How diabetes causes muscle loss
Credit: Kobe University Diabetes mellitus is associated with various health problems including decline in skeletal muscle mass. A research group led by Professor Wataru Ogawa...
Potential of strategic partnerships to form a Health Equity Network of the Americas (HENA)
HENA published in scholarly literature released todayCredit: UCLA Health Recognizing the persistence of health inequities in the Americas, an emerging Health Equity Network of the...
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