Fossils suggest flowers originated 50 million years earlier than thought
The discovery in China of fossil specimens of a flower called Nanjinganthus from the Early Jurassic shakes up widely accepted theories of plant evolutionCredit: Fu...
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Extraordinary 'faithful father' revealed by study of smooth guardian frog of Borneo
Credit: Johana Goyes Vallejos LAWRENCE -- Stay-at-home dads might find their spirit animal in the smooth guardian frog of Borneo. A new pair of research...
The CNIO and Hospital 12 de Octubre find a potential new combination therapy against a rare disease
Credit: CNIO Myelofibrosis is a severe and very rare haematological disease for which treatment has only been partially effective to date. Its low incidence rate...
Widespread, occasional use of antibiotics in US linked with resistance
Researchers found that widespread, low-intensity use of antibiotics may play more of a role in antibiotic resistance than high-intensity, repeated use by a small fraction...
KU Leuven researchers use sound waves to prevent small chemical reactors from clogging up
Credit: KU Leuven - Rob Stevens Companies are keen to use miniature chemical reactors to make pharmaceuticals and fine chemicals, but are discouraged by their...
Amphetamine use, abuse and dependence claim lines increased over 3,000 percent in 10 years
Anxiety claim lines rose over 200 percent, FAIR Health study showsCredit: FAIR Health NEW YORK, NY--December 18, 2018--Private insurance claim lines for amphetamine use, abuse...
Salmon may lose the ability to smell danger as carbon emissions rise
Credit: Andy Dittman/Northwest Fisheries Science Center The ability to smell is critical for salmon. They depend on scent to avoid predators, sniff out prey and...
Two ways cancer resists treatment are actually connected, with one activating the other
Penn study identifies chain reaction in cells that helps cancer survive treatments that target BRAF mutationsCredit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - Drugs that target BRAF and...
A versatile vaccine that can protect mice from emerging tick-borne viruses
Credit: VanBlargan et al./Cell Reports A group of researchers led by Michael Diamond of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have developed a...
Pathogen predicament: How bacteria propel themselves out of a tight spot
Scientists have deciphered how some types of 'swimming' bacteria have evolved to be able to escape when trapped in small spaces Scientists have deciphered how...
Study suggests shifts in Afghan attitudes towards increased education and delayed marriage
In Afghanistan's most underdeveloped regions, attitudes towards education and child marriage appear to have changed significantly since the overthrow of the Taliban government in 2002,...
Nearly one in five Tibetan refugee schoolchildren has tuberculosis infection, Johns Hopkins study finds
Zero TB in Tibetan Kids outreach program aims to eliminate the disease in an entire population in India In a tuberculosis screening and treatment initiative...
Explaining differences in rates of evolution
Credit: ETH Zurich The rate at which evolution produces new species of plants and animals, or at which existing species die out, is a subject...
Childhood blindness therapy shows 'very promising' results
A new therapy aimed at improving the sight of people with one of the most common forms of childhood blindness, has shown 'very promising' initial...
Buruli ulcer: Promising new drug candidate against a forgotten disease
Buruli ulcer - one of the most neglected among the NTDs - is a debilitating and stigmatising disease. Affecting mainly children in West and Central...
