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Credit: Copyright Fujii et al. shared under Creative Commons CC BY Sea turtles use their flippers to handle prey despite the limbs being evolutionarily designed...

Heart disease, stroke less widespread among foreign-born vs. US-born adults

DALLAS, March 28, 2018 -- Foreign-born adults living in the United States had a lower prevalence of coronary heart disease and stroke than U.S.-born adults...

Finding the Achilles heel of cancer

Credit: Gaëlle Marteil, IGC. A research team led by Monica Bettencourt Dias, from Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia (IGC, Portugal), discovered important features of cancer cells...

Liver cancer caused by alcohol consumption may have worse prognosis than other forms

A new study indicates that patients with alcohol-related liver cancer often do not live as long as patients with liver cancer that is not associated...

‘Fog harp’ increases collection capacity for clean water

Credit: Virginia Tech Fog harvesting may look like whimsical work. After all, installing giant nets along hillsides and mountaintops to catch water out of thin...

Decade of fossil collecting gives new perspective on Triassic period, emergence of dinosaurs

Credit: Christian Sidor/University of Washington After a great mass extinction shook the world about 252 million years ago, animal life outside of the ocean began...

Ragweed casts shade on soy production

Credit: Amit Jhala Ragweed, its pollen potent to allergy sufferers, might be more than a source of sneezes. In the Midwest, the plant may pose...

Mandatory nutrition policies may impact sugar consumption

Mandatory nutrition policies could be a valuable tool in helping high school students to lower their sugar intake, a University of Waterloo study has found....

Surgeons transform static ‘Mona Lisa’ smiles to joyous ones

Credit: Kofi Bohene By modifying a muscle transplant operation, Johns Hopkins surgeons report they are able to restore authentic facial expressions of joy -- wide...

Genes in songbirds hold clues about human speech disorders, UCLA biologists report

Credit: Reed Hutchinson/UCLA Insights into how songbirds learn to sing provide promising clues about human speech disorders and may lead to new ways of treating...

Genome does not like to excessively change in male germ cells

UA researcher receives $1.65 million grant for innovative technique to assess traumatic brain injury

Credit: UA College of Medicine - Phoenix A scientist at the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix has received a $1.65 million grant...

Mental health issues linked to risky driving in newly licensed teens

March 27, 2018 - Mental health symptoms related to attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and conduct disorder are associated with increased errors in a driving simulator...

The connection between diet, obesity, and cancer: Nutrition experts explore the evidence

Credit: Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Philadelphia, March 27, 2018 - About one third of cancer cases are estimated to be linked...

How do snakes eat live crabs? By being finicky diners