Credit: Thor Balkhed/Linköping University Results from a research study published in Nature Communications show how the inner ear processes speech, something that has until now...
Credit: Kristiina Tambets et al. The genetic diversity of peoples of the Ural language family living in Europe and Siberia are strongly influenced by a...
Credit: Jaakko Teppo / University of Helsinki Myocardial infarction (MI) is one of the most common causes of death in the Western world. Typically, MI...
According to recent research, endurance exercise training beneficially modifies gut microbiota composition. After six weeks of training, potentially inflammation causing microbes (Proteobacteria) decr..
Credit: Lobachevsky University Biological neurons are coupled unidirectionally through a special junction called a synapse. An electrical signal is transmitted along a neuron after some...
Two in three ALD patients admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) survived for less than a year afterwards, the study shows. The findings highlight...
A radical new approach combining archaeology, genetics and microscopy can reveal long-forgotten secrets of human diet, sanitation and movement from studying parasites in ancient poo,...
Credit: Springer Nature Every day, every human on the planet is exposed to one of the most toxic substances we know. However, it's largely invisible...
Credit: Raquel Pereira Selfish genes are genes that are passed on to the next generation but confer no advantage on the individual as a whole,...
Credit: Photo courtesy Gregory Berns, Emory University When some dogs hear their owners say "squirrel," they perk up, become agitated. They may even run to...
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Entomology professor Gene Robinson, an international leader in honey bee research, has been elected to the...
Credit: B. Ariunbaatar/WCS Mongolia NEW YORK (October 15, 2018) - A team of conservationists from the Royal Veterinary College, WCS, Food and Agricultural Organization of...
SAN FRANCISCO, CA--October 15, 2018--Normally, the blood protein fibrin does not enter the brain. But in several neurological disorders, the blood-brain barrier--which keeps large molecules...
Researchers at the University of Missouri have successfully produced a litter of pigs that are genetically resistant to a deadly porcine virus. Coronaviruses, highly contagious...
Credit: Mary Burrows BOZEMAN -- Montanans have grown lentils for two decades, at times producing more lentils than any other state. But growers and scientists...
