Pervasive chemicals pose threats for pregnant women and their offspring
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Splitfin flashlight fish uses bioluminescent light to illuminate plankton
Credit: Hellinger et al (2017) The flashlight fish uses bioluminescent light to detect and feed on its planktonic prey, according ...
Quinoa genome accelerates solutions for food security
Credit: © 2017 KAUST Linda Polik Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Feb. 8, 2017: Quinoa could hold the key ...
New species of amoeba is named after a character in The Lord of the Rings
Credit: images: Jordana C. Féres & Alfredo L. Porfírio Sousa Thecamoebians are among the 30-45 lineages of amoebae known to ...
Better scaffolds help scientists study cancer
Credit: Mikos Research Group/Rice University Testing treatments for bone cancer tumors may get easier with new enhancements to sophisticated support ...
Georgia State biologist receives $1.8 million NIH grant to investigate pain treatment for elderly
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--Dr. Anne Murphy, a biologist of Georgia State University, has received a five-year, $1.8 million grant ...
Syracuse University geochemist breathes new life into ‘Great Oxidation Event’
A researcher in the College of Arts and Sciences is providing fresh insights into the "Great Oxidation Event" (GOE), in ...
Study sheds light on the biology of progressive form of multiple sclerosis
Study sheds light on the biology of progressive form of multiple sclerosis, suggests a new potential path for treatment A ...
Hijacking bacteria to kill cancer
Credit: Carla Schaffer / Zheng et al. / Science Translational Medicine Scientists have recruited modified bacteria to help fight cancer, ...
Professor Emanuele Orgiu joins the Young Academy of Europe
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Ludwig research will shift how cancer diversity and resistance are understood and studied
Credit: Ludwig Cancer Research FEB. 8, 2017, NEW YORK -- A paradigm-changing Ludwig Cancer Research study reveals that short fragments ...
New Oxford University study shows some animal welfare issues get more media
Animal welfare issues receive varying levels of UK media attention, with some species being more widely reported than others, a ...
Data on blue whales off California helps protect their distant relatives
Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Southwest Fisheries Science Center/James W. Gilpatrick, Jr. and Morgan S. Lynn Scientists know a great deal about blue ...
Grow, mow, mulch: Finding lawn’s value
Credit: Jon Trappe Cranking up the lawn mower on a Saturday afternoon may be a child's most dreaded chore. But ...
Designer compound may untangle damage leading to some dementias
Credit: Courtesy of Miller lab, Washington University, St. Louis, MO In a study of mice and monkeys, National Institutes of ...
UCI scientists create organs-on-chips for large-scale drug screening
Credit: Hughes Lab Led by UCI professor of molecular biology & biochemistry Christopher C.W. Hughes, the research team successfully established ...
Penn researchers are among the first to grow a versatile 2-dimensional material
University of Pennsylvania researchers are now among the first to produce a single, three-atom-thick layer of a unique two-dimensional material ...
Study of complex genetic region finds hidden role of NCF1 in multiple autoimmune diseases
Credit: Medical University of South Carolina Investigators at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) report pre-clinical research showing that ...
This Week from AGU: Greenland Ice Sheet melting can cool subtropics and alter climate
This Week from AGU: Greenland Ice Sheet melting can cool subtropics and alter climate GeoSpace Greenland Ice Sheet melting can ...
An alternative theory on how aspirin may thwart cancer
Studies abound that point to a role for plain old aspirin in keeping deadly cancers at bay. While aspirin is ...
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