Bigfoot was a dinosaur
Credit: Photo courtesy of the KUVP archives. The Black Hills region of the United States is famous today for tourist attractions like Deadwood and Mount...
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Paleontologists discover largest dinosaur foot to date
Credit: © Davide Bonadonna, Milan, Italy As it turns out, "Bigfoot" was a dinosaur--a giant, plant-eating one. A new study based on fossils excavated in...
Satellite tracking reveals Philippine waters are important for endangered whale sharks
Credit: Gonzalo Araujo A new scientific study published in PeerJ - the Journal of Life and Environmental Sciences has tracked juvenile whale sharks across the...
Antibiotic resistance in a leech’s gut
Plastic surgery patients were getting infections with antibiotic resistant bacteria, and no one knew why. UConn microbiologists found the answer in a leech's gut. Their...
Report from the leech’s gut: Even trace amounts of antibiotics boost resistant bacteria
Washington, DC - July 24, 2018 - An international team of researchers recently took a deep dive into the microbiome of blood-sucking medicinal leeches and...
What would your dog do to help if you were upset? Quite a bit, study finds
Dogs are thought to be very aware of people's emotions, but if a pup's owner was really upset, would it actually go out of its...
Research shows a promising new class of antibodies protects against HIV-1 infection
Credit: Chris Wager San Antonio, Texas (July 24, 2018) - A group of scientists at Texas Biomedical Research Institute have zeroed in on a new...
UCLA biologist works to create a new field, merging the sciences and architecture
Credit: Roy Wollman How do spaces affect us, and animals? UCLA biologist Noa Pinter-Wollman had the idea that we can learn from the way animals...
Experts band together to eradicate prostate cancer
Credit: Monash University Monday 23 July, 2018 A team of scientists and clinicians have developed a faster and more accurate way to test new treatments...
Unless we spot changes, most life experiences are fabricated from memories
Credit: Graphic by Wahlheim/Zacks re-posted with permission from article: 'Memory guides the processing of event changes for older and younger adults' We may not be...
Intractable hiccups may be more common than we think
MAYWOOD, IL - Everyone gets hiccups, but some people suffer intractable hiccups that last longer than a month, according to two Loyola Medicine neurologists. "Intractable...
Fitness trackers prove helpful in monitoring cancer patients
Credit: Cedars-Sinai LOS ANGELES (July 24, 2018) -- Fitness trackers can be valuable tools for assessing the quality of life and daily functioning of cancer...
Advances along the gut-liver-brain axis in Alzheimer’s disease
Chicago, July 24, 2018 - Four new studies reported at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC) 2018 in Chicago investigated how the digestive system, including...
Alzheimer’s disease risk impacted by the liver, diet
CHICAGO -Reduced levels of plasmalogens--a class of lipids created in the liver that are integral to cell membranes in the brain--are associated with an increased...
Skin’s immune ‘alarm’ may explain light-induced rashes in lupus patients
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Imagine being so sensitive to the sun's rays that you're forced to either slather yourself in sunscreen or risk a rash...
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