Squirrels use ‘chunking’ to organize their favorite nuts
Credit: Amber Engle Like trick-or-treaters sorting their Halloween candy haul, fox squirrels apparently organize their stashes of nuts by variety, ...
Kent study recommends solution to end unsustainable agricultural practices
Credit: Valeria Boron A University of Kent study has suggested that rural areas can provide for both people and wildlife ...
‘I feel for you’ — some really do
Credit: Evan Krape/University of Delaware When a student in a University of Delaware study watched a video of someone else's ...
UA physician-scientist awarded grant to develop first diagnostic test for schizophrenia
Credit: UA College of Medicine – Phoenix Amelia Gallitano, MD, PhD, a physician-scientist at the University of Arizona College of ...
Heat shock protein appears to turn on Schistosoma invasion
A protein known for helping cells withstand stress may also act as a switch that triggers free-swimming Schistosoma larvae to ...
Listeria: Hypervirulent strains with cerebral and placental tropism
IMAGE: This image shows tissue infected by Listeria (bacteria appear in red). Credit: YH Tsai, M Lecuit, © Institut Pasteur. ...
Brain’s immune cells linked to Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, schizophrenia
LA JOLLA–Scientists have, for the first time, characterized the molecular markers that make the brain’s front lines of immune defense–cells ...
Forty years after first Ebola outbreak, survivors show signs they can…
Credit: Nicole Hoff Survivors of the first known Ebola outbreak, which occurred in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in ...
How migrating birds ‘run a marathon,’ burning muscles and…
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. – Migrating birds complete long non-stop flights of many hours for songbirds and days for ...
High-carbon coal products could derail China’s clean energy…
Credit: Greenpeace DURHAM, N.C. — China's plan to ramp up production of new chemicals and synthetic fuels made from coal ...
Female fiddler crabs want protection not sex
New research has resolved a mystery over why female fiddler crabs visit and leave many males during mating season, and ...
Mongoose pups conceal identity to survive
Credit: Feargus Cooney Young mongooses may conceal their identity — even from their own parents — to survive. Killing of ...
Camouflage influences life-and-death decisions that animals make
Credit: Project Nightjar Nesting birds time their escape from an approaching predator depending on how well camouflaged their eggs and ...
Clarified mechanism of rotation of node cilia-principal for asymmetry of the body
IMAGE: This image shows the motion and microtubule arrangement of node cilia in the mouse embryo. Credit: Tokyo University of ...
Antibiotics pave way for C. diff infections by killing bile acid-altering bacteria
IMAGE: Thie is Clostridium difficile, or C. diff.. Credit: Renee Fox New research from North Carolina State University and the ...
India-made rotavirus vaccine achieves World Health Organization prequalification
Credit: Photo: PATH/Gabe Bienczycki PATH applauds Indian vaccine manufacturer Bharat Biotech for receiving prequalification from the World Health Organization (WHO) ...
Mesh-like scaffold is disordered in Alzheimer’s-affected cells
IMAGE: Brain cells from a fruit fly model of Alzheimer's disease were compared to healthy brain cells to show a ...
Venom becomes more potent as brown snakes age
Credit: Stewart Macdonald The "blood nuking" capabilities of adult brown snake venom only come about after an amazing transformation. New ...
The eyes are the window into the brain
Our eyes are constantly moving, whether we notice or not. They jump from one focus point to another and even ...
NSF makes new awards to advance Science of Learning
Credit: John Consoli, University of Maryland; John C. Williams, Humanoid Engineering & Intelligent Robotics (HEIR) Lab, Marquette University; Diane Quinn; ...
