Secrets of fish population changes revealed
Populations of fish in the ocean are notoriously variable, waxing and waning in often unpredictable ways. Knowing what drives changes in fish population sizes is...
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Scientists go deep to quantify perovskite properties
Credit: Jean-Christophe Blancon/Los Alamos National Laboratory HOUSTON - (June 8, 2018) - Scientists led by Rice University and Los Alamos National Laboratory have discovered electronic...
Study: Populations of widely spread tree species respond differently to climate change
Credit: Andrés Holz, Portland State University A new Portland State University study shows that not all populations of a single, widely spread tree species respond...
New way to predict caries progression
Credit: Author: Pavel Seredin A team of researchers form Russia discovered that an increase in the concentration of several substances in oral fluid can serve...
Coral tricks for adapting to ocean acidification
Credit: © 2018 Eric Tambutté A process that changes the regulation of genes could help corals acclimatize to the impacts of global warming. Cells commonly...
Temple researchers reverse cognitive impairments in mice with dementia
Credit: Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University (Philadelphia, PA) - Reversing memory deficits and impairments in spatial learning is a major goal in...
Thorny life of new-born neurons
Credit: Tassilo Jungenitz FRANKFURT. Even in adult brains, new neurons are generated throughout a lifetime. In a publication in the scientific journal PNAS, a research...
‘Monstrous’ new Russian saber-tooth fossils clarify early evolution of mammal lineage
Credit: Matt Celeskey Fossils representing two new species of saber-toothed prehistoric predators have been described by researchers from the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences...
Close encounters of the fishy kind
Credit: Global Fishing Watch Washington, DC. June 8th - To mark World Ocean Day, Global Fishing Watch (GFW) has increased ocean transparency by releasing the...
Unexpected new dynamics for large DNA molecules in liquid suspension
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - Polymer physicists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst are today reporting the unexpected and previously unknown behavior of a...
Gene editing just got easier
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine An international team of researchers has made CRISPR technology more accessible and standardized by simplifying its complex implementation. The simpler,...
Ukrainian villages still suffering legacy of Chernobyl more than 30 years on
Credit: Denis Sinyakov/Greenpeace Milk in parts of Ukraine has radioactivity levels up to five times over the country's official safe limit, new research shows. Scientists...
Ex-smokers might be better off with high rather than low nicotine e-cigs
Vapers using low rather than high nicotine e-cigarettes may be using their devices more intensely, potentially increasing the risk of exposure to toxins in the...
$8.1 million grant funds new center to research highly aggressive form of lung cancer
Vanderbilt University has been awarded a five-year, $8.1-million grant from the National Cancer Institute to serve as a research center in the institute's prestigious Cancer...
Consumers beware: High user ‘star ratings’ dont mean a mobile medical app works
(Johns Hopkins Medicine) By screening 250 user reviews and comments for a once popular -- but proven inaccurate -- mobile app claiming to change your...
