Climate change and human activities threatens picky penguins
Credit: Credit: Jim Wilson © Eating a krill-only diet has made one variety of Antarctic penguin especially susceptible to the impacts of climate change, according...
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Carpentry Compiler helps woodworkers design objects that they can actually make
Credit: Liang He/University of Washington As the holidays approach, people might be thinking of neat do-it-yourself woodworking projects to give as gifts. But there's often...
Oat pathogen defence discovery marks an important milestone
Credit: Andrew Davis Researchers have identified the critical last pieces of a genetic defence system that gives oats resistance to soil pathogens. The discovery opens...
Reflecting on photos helps young cancer survivors regain confidence
Retelling cancer story through photography increases self-esteemCredit: University of Houston/Catholic University of the Sacred Heart Young cancer survivors face unique medical and psychosocial challenges that...
Study shows link between precipitation, climate zone and invasive cancer rates in the US
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, December 2, 2019--In a new study, researchers provide conclusive evidence of a statistical relationship between the...
Colorado study suggests new strategies against bone metastases from prostate cancer
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center When prostate cancer spreads, it most often spreads to bone. And while the 5-year survival rate for prostate cancer...
In hunted rainforests, termites lose their dominance
Rice ecologists see sharp reduction in insect 'engineers' when elephants, other large animals disappearCredit: Photo by Therese Lamperty HOUSTON - (Dec. 2, 2019) - A...
Sustaining roads with grape and agricultural waste
Credit: WSU The U.S. spends $5 billion a year to repair damages to road infrastructure from winter snow and ice control operations and the use...
Major epilepsy study offers much-needed answers on 3 lifesaving seizure drugs
Researchers urge doctors to increase dose of commonly used drugCredit: Dan Addison, University of Virginia There are effective treatments to stop life-threatening epilepsy seizures when...
Gains in one type of disruption force are offset by losses in another
Credit: Photo collage by Elle Starkman Doughnut-shaped tokamaks -- facilities designed to reproduce the fusion energy that powers the sun and stars on Earth --...
Decision-making process becomes visible in the brain
Transparent fish larvae reveal how a decision makes its way through the brainCredit: MPIN / Julia Kuhl Without hardly noticing, we make countless decisions: to...
Scientists reveal the structure of viral rhodopsins
Credit: Dmitry Bratanov et al./Nature Communications The structure of an Organic Lake Phycodnavirus rhodopsin II (OLPVRII), which is a unique protein found in the genome...
novel bednet design improves safety, affordability and lethality to resistant mosquitoes
The Barrier Bednet -- a unique bednet design that improves safety, cost effectiveness and lethality to insecticide resistant mosquitoesCredit: Lissenden/LSTM Researchers from LSTM have designed...
Will cryogenically freezing yourself and coming back to life ever be reality? (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Dec. 2, 2019 -- When you die, many things can be done with your body -- embalming, cremation, donation...
Tiny woodlands are more important than previously thought
Credit: Photo: Pieter De Frenne Small woodlands in farmland have more benefits for humans per area, compared to large forests according to a new study....