Cleaning, but safely! Cocoons protect sensitive ant brood during toxic disinfection
Credit: Christopher Pull Ants are neat: when they move into a new nest box, they spend the first days cleaning it thoroughly, like us humans...
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Oldest fossil of a flying squirrel sheds new light on its evolutionary tree
Credit: Oscar Sanisidro / ICP The oldest flying squirrel fossil ever found has unearthed new insight on the origin and evolution of these airborne animals....
Reaction of the European Geosciences Union to IPCC report on Global Warming of 1.5 C
Yesterday, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a United Nations scientific and intergovernmental body, published the summary for policymakers of its Global Warming of...
Increased cyto-adhesion of malaria parasites during fever uncovered
Credit: SUTD Malaria is the most prevalent blood-borne infectious disease caused by parasites of the species Plasmodium. In 2016, more than 216 million malaria infections...
CDC-led study reports prevalence of out-of-pocket payments for screening mammograms
Credit: (c) 2018 Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, October 9, 2018--More than 20% of women aged 50-64 years and those aged 65-74...
In the absence of bees, flies are responsible for pollination in the Arctic region
Credit: Mikko Tiusanen Mikko Tiusanen, MSc, investigated in his doctoral dissertation the structure and functioning of plants and their pollinators in Arctic regions. "Up north,...
‘Sentinels of the sea’ at risk from changing climate
Climate change's effect on coastal ecosystems is very likely to increase mortality risks of adult oyster populations in the next 20 years. That is the...
New options for breast cancer drug development found in estrogen receptors
Credit: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Many breast cancer drugs block estrogen receptors inside cancer cells. Blocking the receptors early in disease progression...
Know your enemy
Credit: Microbiology Concepts (http://microbiologyconcepts.blogspot.com/2017/03/bacteria.html) To fight your enemies, it helps to know their weaknesses. And, the more specific your knowledge, the ea..
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Protein has unique effects in neural connections related to information processing
Our cognitive abilities come down to how well the connections, or synapses, between our brain cells transmit signals. A new study by researchers at MIT's...
New apps to take confusion out of genome and microbiome home tests
BROOKLYN, New York, Tuesday, October 9, 2018 - Spurred by the rapidly expanding use of in-home tests for "omic" - genomic and microbiomic - data...
UCLA is awarded $5 million to develop tools to detect lung cancer earlier
Researchers from the UCLA School of Dentistry and the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA have been awarded $5 million over five years from...
Mapping genetic differences in breast cancer can improve care for underserved populations
A study comparing DNA and RNA data from Nigerian breast cancer patients to patients in a United States database found that certain aggressive molecular features...
First automated malnutrition screen implemented for hospitalized children
A team of clinicians, dietitians and researchers has created an automated program to screen for malnutrition in hospitalized children, providing daily alerts to healthcare providers...
