Agricultural parasite avoids evolutionary arms race, shuts down genes of host plants
Credit: Claude dePamphilis, Penn State A parasitic plant has found a way to circumvent an evolutionary arms race with the host plants from which it...
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Koalas climb like apes but bound on the ground like marsupials
Credit: Kate Berry Spread across the globe, from Central and South America to Japan, non-human primates have a toehold that almost spans the tropics, but...
Stroke drug boosts stem cell therapy for spinal cord injury in rats
Credit: UC San Diego Health Sciences Four months after treating them, Yasuhiro Shiga, MD, PhD, checked on his rats. Walking into the lab, he carried...
Millions with swallowing problems could be helped through new wearable device
Credit: Jared Pike/Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A wearable monitoring device to make treatments easier and more affordable for the millions of people with...
Ancient events are still impacting mammals worldwide
Researchers find signatures of deep past in biodiversity patterns todayCredit: Figure courtesy of John Rowan/UMass Amherst HOUSTON -- (Dec. 16, 2019) -- In the first...
Math equation predicts and detects liver cancer
UC San Diego researchers pinpoint moment when healthy liver cells become cancerousCredit: UC San Diego Health Sciences By combining RNA sequencing, bioinformatics and mathematical modeling,...
Unveiling a new map that reveals the hidden personalities of jobs
Social media unlocks key to matching individuals to their perfect jobCredit: Associate Professor Peggy Kern Thousands of Australian students will get their Higher School Certificates...
Peer support program can help surgeons deal with adverse events that happen during surgery
A surgeon-specific peer support program has the potential to support well-being, improve patient safety, and decrease burnout, according to Journal of the American College of...
The Digital Cell
Cell Biology as a Data ScienceCredit: Image courtesy of Anne Straube, University of Warwick Cold Spring Harbor, NY -- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press (CSHLP)...
Would a deep-Earth water cycle change our understanding of planetary evolution?
Substantial quantities of water could be present farther into the mantle than previously thought possibleCredit: Photo is provided by Yanhao Lin. Washington, DC-- Every school...
Developing next-generation biologic pacemakers
Stem cells originally found in fat converted to pacemaker-like cellsCredit: University of Houston University of Houston associate professor of pharmacology Bradley McConnell is helping usher...
Researchers explore factors affecting money management skills in multiple sclerosis
Kessler Foundation research team identifies executive dysfunction and depression as factors affecting the ability of a subsample of individuals with multiple sclerosis to manage money...
Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network produces supplemental issue of Preventive Medicine
Issue highlights highlighting disparities in cancer prevention and controlCredit: UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention In 2019, nearly 2 million Americans will receive...
PET/CT plays role in lung adenocarcinoma management
AJR finds fluorodeoxyglucose PET, combined with high-resolution CT, has value for predicting invasive histopathologic subtypes of early lung adenocarcinomaCredit: American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR) Leesburg,...
How do silt and sand differ when going with the flow?
Rice-led scientists show grain size, not speed of water, sets silt and sand transportCredit: Rice University HOUSTON - (Dec. 16, 2019) - The river may...
