Do microplastics harm humans?
About 8 million metric tons of plastic waste winds up in the oceans every year -- bottles, bags and doo-dads that eventually break down into...
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See-through fish aid scientists in autism-related breakthrough
A study by University of Miami biologists may help unravel the reasons for 'tummy troubles'Credit: University of Miami University of Miami researchers have discovered a...
Voluntary control of brainwaves in deep brain of patients with Parkinson's disease
Patients with Parkinson's disease can voluntarily control β waves in their deep brain, representing a new approach toward managing disease-related brain activityCredit: Osaka University Parkinson's...
Prehistoric food globalization spanned three millennia
Peasant farmers began transforming diets across the Old World 7,000 years ago, study findsCredit: Data source: Xinyi Liu; Animation by Javier Ventura/Washington University in St....
More About MS: A new educational forum for living with MS announced by CMSC
Consortium of multiple sclerosis centers to host free patient, family and caregivers program in Seattle, Wash. The Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers (CMSC), the leading...
New data suggests nicotine while pregnant alters genes
Findings may point to potential cure for addictionCredit: University of Houston The Akay Lab biomedical research team at the University of Houston is reporting in...
Children with diabetes perform well in school
On average, Danish children suffering from type 1 diabetes perform just as well in school as their classmates. This is the result of the largest...
Tracking down a feat of nature
Approximately 500 million years ago, the evolution of a mineralised vertebrate skeleton had a knock-on effect, causing many new species to emerge, which in turn...
New therapy for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis successfully tested on mice
Québec City, February 6, 2019 - A team from Université Laval and the CERVO Brain Research Centre has demonstrated the efficacy in mice of a...
The black storks in Estonia are suffering from loneliness
Credit: Ülo Väli In Estonia, the rare Black Stork are living on the northernmost edge of their distribution range. In recent decades, the population of...
'Twilight Zone' could help preserve shallow water reefs
Credit: The University of Queensland Corals lurking in deeper, darker waters could one day help to replenish shallow water reefs under threat from ocean warming...
Shedding light on zebrafish daily rhythms: Clock gene functions revealed
(?)Luminescent traces from individual wild type and zPer2-/- zCry1a-/- zCry2a-/- cultured... view more Tokyo, Japan - Animals have distinct behavioral patterns depending on the time...
Excessive weight gain in early childhood affects teenage heart health
Early life weight gain can set teenagers up for poor health outcomes Excessive weight gain in children under two years can lead to cardiovascular and...
More physical than chemical: Researchers show what really gets cells going
A team led by researchers from Osaka University find that unlike their unicellular counterparts, aggregated social amoebae need physical contact rather than chemical signals to...
New VaxArray publication on influenza neuraminidase quantification
InDevR publishes scientific article in Nature Partner Journal: VaccinesCredit: Shannon Rodriguez BOULDER COLORADO (1/29/19) -- InDevR Inc. announced publication of "A Neuraminidase Potency Assay for...
