Speciation: Birds of a feather…
Carrion crows and hooded crows are almost indistinguishable genetically, and hybrid offspring are fertile. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich biologists now show that the two forms...
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New tool maps a key food source for grizzly bears: huckleberries
Credit: Shane White Grizzly bears depend on huckleberries as a critical food source to fatten up before winter hibernation. When berries reach peak ripeness in...
Penn Nursing study links nurse work environments and outcomes
Credit: Penn Nursing PHILADELPHIA (March 26, 2019) - Nurses play critical roles in patient safety and are often the last line of defense against medical...
Untangling the brain’s life-support network
A USC Dornsife-led study of the hypothalamus reveals the network architecture of an ancient but critical part of the brain.Credit: Joel D. Hahn, USC Dornsife...
University of Cincinnati provides road map to combat human trafficking in Ohio
Research led by UC criminal justice professor identifies more than 1,000 victims of human trafficking in the state of Ohio and provides recommendations for reaching...
Facebook is free, but should it count toward GDP anyway?
Study measures how much free online goods are worth to consumers For several decades, gross domestic product (GDP), a sum of the value of purchased...
C. elegans roundworms ‘harvest’ an essential coenzyme from the bacteria they consume
Mass. General study may lead to better treatment of rare but devastating human genetic disorder A study conducted in C. elegans nematode roundworms may lead...
Using connectomics to understand epilepsy
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 26, 2019--Abnormalities in structural brain networks and how brain regions communicate may underlie a variety...
Advanced paternal age increases risk of early-onset schizophrenia in offspring
The effect of advanced paternal age on offspring risk is not explained by parental predisposition for schizophrenia, according to a study in Biological Psychiatry Philadelphia,...
Researchers unlock the biomechanics of how the Ebola virus attaches to its host cell
Lehigh University engineers, working with microbiologists at the University of Iowa, have developed a simple model for virus-host cell interaction driven by Ebola's adhesion to...
Bacteria could become a future source of electricity
In recent years, researchers have tried to capture the electrical current that bacteria generate through their own metabolism. So far, however, the transfer of the...
Technique uses well-known dye to watch amyloid plaques in the brain
Researchers have demonstrated a way to use Thioflavin T, a dye used to study amyloid for nearly a century, as a sensor that can image...
Stranded dolphins have amyloid plaques in their brains
Dolphins stranded on the beaches of Florida and Massachusetts show in their brains amyloid plaques, a hallmark in human beings of Alzheimer's disease, together with...
Satellite finds Tropical Cyclone Veronica’s stripped center along Australia coast
Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS). Early on March 26, Tropical Cyclone Veronica continued to move along the coast of...
Pediatric health researchers offer insights for RSV vaccine
Credit: CDC/ Dr. Erskine Palmer In healthy adults, RSV, or respiratory syncytial virus, feels like the common cold with a runny nose, chest congestion and...
