Trash-picking seagulls poop tons of nutrients
Credit: Scott Winton, Duke DURHAM, N.C. — At least 1.4 million seagulls feed at landfills across North America, which aside ...
Higher manganese levels in children correlate with lower IQ scores, UC study finds
CINCINNATI–A study led by environmental health researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Medicine finds that children in ...
UTHealth leads ACSM paper on safety recommendations for energy drinks
Credit: UTHealth Helpful guidance and warnings regarding the potential dangers that energy drinks present to at-risk populations, primarily children, were ...
Clean and green: A moss that removes lead (Pb) from water
Credit: RIKEN Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) in Japan have demonstrated that that moss can ...
New stem cell method sheds light on a tell-tale sign of heart disease
Credit: Morgridge Institute for Research MADISON — While refining ways to grow arterial endothelial cells in the lab, a regenerative ...
Crystal structure reveals new details of nonstandard RNA transcription
Credit: Murakami laboratory, Penn State University Out through the window: Crystal structure reveals details of nonstandard RNA transcription University Park, ...
Moving toward faster, more accurate detection of food- and water-borne bacteria
Credit: Charles S. Henry, Ph.D. Food poisoning is a scourge. Yet preventing it is far from foolproof. But in a ...
WPI Biologist Reeta Rao elected a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology
Credit: Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) Worcester, Mass. – Reeta Rao, PhD, associate professor of biology and biotechnology at Worcester Polytechnic ...
Understudied racial minority groups show alarmingly high rates of obesity and diabetes
More than 78 million adult Americans are considered obese. Credit: Buclin/UC Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Some of the smallest and ...
Ecosystems in the southeastern US are vulnerable to climate change
At least several southeastern U.S. ecosystems are highly vulnerable to the impacts of present and future climate change, according to ...
TSRI scientists find brain hormone that triggers fat burning
Credit: The Scripps Research Institute (Photo by Madeline McCurry-Schmidt.) LA JOLLA, CA – January 27, 2017 – Biologists at The ...
Cancer vaccines need to target T cells that can persist in the long fight against cancer
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Sept. 25, 2017) – Cancer vaccines may need to better target ...
Tiny chip-based methane spectrometer could help reduce greenhouse gas emissions
Credit: Joe Green, Beaverworks Canada WASHINGTON — The process of extracting natural gas from the earth or transporting it through ...
Highly sensitive sensors successfully map electrical patterns of…
Highly sensitive sensors have been successfully used to map the electrical activity of the developing heart in embryos, in a ...
Building a morphogen gradient by simple diffusion in a growing plant…
Credit: NIBB In an article published on September 5th in Biophysical Journal, the team of Associate Professor Kensuke Kawade at ...
Cinnamon may be fragrant medicine for the brain
If Dr. Kalipada Pahan's research pans out, the standard advice for failing students might one day be: Study harder and ...
Predators preserve existing animal species
Credit: Photographer is Christian Skov. A new study from Lund University in Sweden increases knowledge of how boundaries and barriers ...
New eyeless, pale catfish from middle of Amazon named
Credit: Courtesy of Mark Sabaj/Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. You've just discovered a unique, eyeless catfish from the ...
Research suggests potential therapy to prevent ‘chemobrain’ in cancer patients
Credit: KU News Service LAWRENCE — Findings offered by a University of Kansas researcher, identified as one of 20 'Must ...
A total of 33 companies joining forces with VTT to develop new generation sustainable forest product
Credit: Photo: VTT Together with a large industrial consortium, VTT Technical Research of Finland has launched a EUR 4.5 million ...
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