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Oxygen is essential for maintaining normal human brain function, and living at high altitudes can lead to deficits in cognition such as attention and memory....

The recent spread of coyotes across North America did not doom deer populations

Credit: Dr. Aimee P. Rockhill (Western Carolina University) and Dr. Christopher S. DePerno (North Carolina State University) Coyotes eat deer, but not enough to limit...

Wildlife tourism may negatively affect African elephants’ behavior

Credit: Isabelle Szott Increasing numbers of tourists are interested in observing wildlife such as African elephants, and income generated from tourism potentially aids in the...

Older patients with Crohn’s disease benefit from new medications

Combining medications that suppress the immune system has been successful in treating young patients with Crohn's disease, but some physicians have been reluctant to use...

First ratings for youth football helmets address sport’s largest pool of athletes

Credit: Virginia Tech The majority of people playing football in the U.S. aren't NFL players or collegiate athletes --they're youth players, less than 14 years...

BJC press notice

Paper: Serious Adverse Events in African American Cancer Patients with Sickle Cell Trait and Inherited Hemoglobinopathies in a SEER-Medicare Claims Cohort Corresponding author: Dr Helen...

Researchers develop new method to detect cancerous DNA in lung cancer patients’ blood

An advance in liquid biopsies A new method of determining the sequence of molecules in DNA can be used to detect small fragments of cancerous...

Experts to support global companies against cyber threats

A consortium of UK cyber security experts including UCL academics is to support global businesses to tackle online threats and protect themselves from cybercrime. The...

Are there Zika reservoirs in the Americas?

Researchers first needed to know if virus could be detected in fecesCredit: Courtesy Krista Milich Most emerging infectious diseases affecting people are zoonotic -- they...

Fountain of youth for heart health may lie in the gut

Age-related changes to microbiome fuel vascular decline, new study showsCredit: CU Boulder Why do blood vessels naturally stiffen and degrade as we age, boosting cardiovascular...

Experiments with roundworms suggest alternatives for the treatment of schizophrenia

Researchers used C. elegans as an animal model to investigate the importance of certain human genes for the treatment of schizophrenia.Credit: Mirian Hayashi (EPM-UNIFESP) A...

Revealing the rules behind virus scaffold construction

New insights into epistasis could impact future drug delivery and therapeutic strategies A team of researchers including Northwestern Engineering faculty has expanded the understanding of...

Data-driven modeling and estimation of lithium-ion battery properties

Columbia Engineers design a model that can predict how to get the best performance from Li-Ion batteries Electric vehicles are powered by lithium-ion batteries (LIB),...

UMass Amherst food scientist receives Young Scientist Research Award

Guodong Zhang, assistant professor of food science at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, is being honored with the 2019 Young Scientist Research Award from the...

UTSA psychologist helps train first responders on the front line of the opioid crisis