Elephant welfare can be assessed using two indicators
Non-experts can help evaluate animal stressCredit: Virpi Lummaa Across the world, animals are kept in captivity for various reasons: in zoos for education and research,...
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Consumption of 3-6 eggs/week lowers the risk of cardiovascular disease and death
Credit: ©Science China Press Eggs have been acknowledged as a good source of high-quality proteins and contain bioactive components beneficial for health, while they are...
Surprising hearing talents in cormorants
Credit: SDU Many aquatic animals like frogs and turtles spend a big part of their lives under water and have adapted to this condition in...
A sensational discovery: Traces of rainforests in West Antarctica
90-million-year-old forest soil provides unexpected evidence for exceptionally warm climate near the South Pole in the CretaceousCredit: © Alfred-Wegener-Institut/Johann Klages An international team of researchers...
Navy to help fund AnalySwift, Purdue technology to improve service life of helicopters
Credit: Allan Wood WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - An innovation that helps speed the design of fishing rods, satellites and cellphone electronics soon will help the...
NYU researchers rush to capture human interactions with surfaces likely to carry COVID-19
Team from NYU Tandon School of Engineering and School of Global Health will share information gathered from New York City medical and transit locations with...
Scientists see energy gap modulations in a cuprate superconductor
New measurements from single electron tunneling provide spectroscopic evidence and cinch the case for a 'pair density wave' coexisting with superconductivityCredit: Brookhaven National Laboratory UPTON,...
University of Innsbruck develops novel corona test
New PCR method works with analytical materials easier to obtainCredit: Sinsoma GmbH As requested by the Austrian Federal Government and the WHO, a significant increase...
JONED, a new online free-access journal open in the field of neuroeducation
A new space for neuroscience and educationCredit: UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA Building bridges between the science and education communities to contribute and improve the current didactic...
Inherited mutation can predispose children to a type of brain tumor
Collaboration co-led by researchers at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital discovers a novel predisposition gene in pediatric medulloblastomaCredit: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Investigators at...
Smaller than expected phytoplankton may mean less carbon sequestered at sea bottom
Credit: Photo courtesy Luis Bolaños, OSU. CORVALLIS, Ore. - A study that included the first-ever winter sampling of phytoplankton in the North Atlantic revealed cells...
Ocean deoxygenation: A silent driver of coral reef demise?
The world's coral reefs could be facing the additional threat of ocean deoxygenationCredit: David Suggett The existence of coral reefs, in all their abundant biodiversity...
Plant protection: Communication instead of poison
Sustainable: KIT-coordinated transnational network studies chemical signals between pathogen and plant -- EU funding in the amount of EUR 500,000Credit: Alexandra Wolf, KIT Increasing drought...
Healthy Nevada Project participants report on COVID-19
14,000 Nevadans quickly report on signs and symptoms to enhance predictive public health models for NevadaCredit: DRI Reno, Nev. (March 31, 2020) - The Healthy...
Non-invasive method to predict brain pressure
Credit: Copyright 2020, Springer Nature Limited The only way to accurately measure pressure inside the skull is to insert a catheter or sensor inside. However,...
