Insect food webs
Credit: Photo: AG Klein The decline in biodiversity and the associated loss of plant species are greatly affecting our ecosystems. Thus far, this has been...
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Seawater bacteria provides leads to fight melanoma
Malignant melanoma can be a particularly dangerous form of cancer, and more therapeutic options are needed. Now, researchers report in ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters that...
Preliminary estimation of undesired substances in diapers
BfR Communication No. 005/2019 of 01 March 2019 The report "Sécurité des couches pour bébé", published by the French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational...
Blue-enriched white light to wake you up in the morning
Credit: KAIST Here is a good news for those of who have difficulty with morning alertness. A KAIST research team proposed that a blue-enriched LED...
Dust affects tooth wear and chewing efficiency in chimpanzees
Increased dust loads result in decreased chewing efficiency in chimpanzeesCredit: © Ellen Schulz-Kornas, Roman Wittig In their study, the researchers collected feces from chimpanzees living...
Bugs or dust? New method quickly reveals whether a surface is truly clean
By combining artificial intelligence and hyperspectral imaging, we can make sure facilities are clean during norovirus and flu season -- cutting cleaning costs and reducing...
Anti-inflammatory drug is the key to boosting cardiac reprogramming
University of Tsukuba researchers develop high-throughput screening for factors promoting cardiac reprogramming, and identify a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug as one such factor in postnatal and...
Gut microbiota helps to maintain core body temperature under cold exposure
Credit: QI Lei The gut microbiome has been shown to have diverse impacts on human and animal physiology and health. Now, a research group led...
Nebraska food science professor releases second edition of fermented foods textbook
March, 2019--An updated edition of the textbook Microbiology and Fermentation of Foods, a definitive resource in food science, has now been published by Wiley-Blackwell, USA....
ECG rhythm and airway management make all the difference during a heart attack
Japan-based study involving Osaka University finds valuable correlation between use of advanced airway management and ECG rhythms indicating need/non-need for defibrillation during out-of-hospital cardiac arrestCredit:...
BOHEMIA will develop a new vector control strategy to kill malaria-transmitting mosquitoes
Unitaid has awarded a US$25.3 million grant to the Barcelona Institute for Global Health for a project that seeks to reduce malaria transmissionCredit: Laura Delgado...
Better regulation of the immune system may minimize preeclampsia symptoms
Interleukin-4 supplementation controlled hypertension, inflammation in pregnant preeclamptic rats Rockville, Md. (March 6, 2019)--Boosting the body's levels of interleukin-4 (IL-4)--an immune system protein that controls...
Hypertension-related changes may occur earlier in young women with family history
Rockville, Md. (March 6, 2019)--New research suggests that young women with a family history of high blood pressure (hypertension) have decreased baroreflex function, which may...
Women of childbearing age have staggeringly low rates of lipid screening
OB/GYNs may be key to getting more women screened Eight out of 10 women of childbearing age have never had their cholesterol levels checked, despite...
Higher fitness level can determine longer lifespan after age 70
For older people, fitness may be more informative than traditional cardiovascular risk factors WASHINGTON (March 6, 2019) -- Researchers have uncovered one more reason to...
