Corals light the way to a healthy partnership
Credit: Craig Humphrey Corals know how to attract good company. New research finds that corals emit an enticing fluorescent green light that attracts the mobile...
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Exercise before surgery can protect both muscle and nerves, study suggests
Exercise expert seeks to prevent damage caused by restoration of blood flowCredit: Dan Addison | University of Virginia Exercise can protect both muscle and nerves...
BFU physicists developed a method of determining the composition of microplastic in water
Physicists from Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University developed and applied a method of identifying microplastic collected in sea waters.Credit: Courtesy of Andrey Zyubin Physicists from...
Study identifies new genes associated with the leading cause of blindness
A new study, published in Clinical Epigenetics, identifies genes associated with Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) that could represent new targets for future drug development. AMD...
From nurses to conquerors: this single gene turns bees into social parasites
Tiny mutation enables worker bees to produce female offspringCredit: Michael Allsopp A small change in the genetic makeup of the South African Cape bee turns...
A concise and visual reference diagnostic ultrasonography and biopsy of the thyroid gland
This book is by Dr. Samer El-Kaissi, and Dr. Jack R. Wall, Published on: December 11th, 2018. The book provides the reader essential information on...
SwRI engineers create decision-making tool for oil spill clean-up
Tool finds the best solutions for specific spill scenarios SAN ANTONIO -- January 21, 2019 -- A team of Southwest Research Institute engineers has created...
Antiepileptic drugs linked to accumulation of hospital days in persons with Alzheimer's disease
People with Alzheimer's disease who used antiepileptic drugs had a higher number of accumulated hospital days than people with Alzheimer's disease who did not use...
Human respiratory viruses continue to spread in wild chimpanzees
MADISON - Less than two years after the first report of wild chimpanzees in Uganda dying as a result of a human "common cold" virus,...
Investigators close in on best treatment guidelines for critical limb ischemia
1,572 patients enrolled in ongoing trial Critical limb ischemia (CLI), a manifestation of peripheral arterial disease, is a debilitating and increasingly common disease that puts...
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute scientists link concussions to epilepsy development
Altered astrocytes may be the root of epilepsy developmentCredit: Oleksii Shandra/Fralin Biomedical Research Institute Researchers at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC have identified...
Frog eggs help researchers understand repair of DNA damages
The DNA replication process, which takes place every time a cell divides, also triggers repair of DNA damage, researchers from the University of Copenhagen have...
Multi-hop communication: Frog choruses inspire wireless sensor networks
A research collaboration including investigators from Osaka University devise a mathematical model based on the natural coordination of frog choruses, then apply it toward design...
Gene changes may predict breast cancer relapse, study suggests
Scientists have identified genetic changes that may predict the likelihood of breast cancer relapse in women taking a common type of hormone therapy. The findings...
Faulty molecular master switch may contribute to AMD
NIH researchers discover that TGF-beta signaling governs immune cell function in the eyeCredit: Credit: Wenxin Ma, M.D., Ph.D., and Wai Wong, M.D., Ph.D., National Eye...
