Coastal wetlands will survive rising seas, but only if we let them
Credit: © Rijkswaterstaat / Joop Van Houdt. When Florence slogged ashore in North Carolina last week, coastal wetlands offered one of the best lines of...
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Hookworms employ live fast/die young strategy in fur seal pup hosts
Hookworms exploit a live fast/die young strategy in their South American fur seal pup hosts, report Morris Animal Foundation-funded researchers at the University of Georgia....
Study finds a conserved role for serotonin in regulating behavior in octopus, humans
Credit: Tom Kleindinst/Marine Biological Laboratory WOODS HOLE, Mass.-- The mood-altering drug MDMA - which promotes positive, friendly social interactions in humans by inhibiting serotonin uptake...
Decoding the structure of an RNA-based CRISPR system
LA JOLLA--(September 20, 2018) Over the past several years, CRISPR-Cas9 has moved beyond the lab bench and into the public zeitgeist. This gene-editing tool CRISPR-Cas9...
CWRU receives NIH funding to develop new paradigm in fight against colorectal cancer
Credit: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Certain genes that code for proteins have long been known to contribute to cancer progression. But in...
Private banks do too little to communicate their sustainable investment products
Less than one percent of the global population controls more than 50 percent of wealth. All over the world these wealthy investors have an increasing...
Two fishes a day keep the mantid coming back to prey: The first fishing praying mantis
Credit: Rajesh Puttaswamaiah Commonly known to predate on insects, praying mantises have occasionally been observed to feed on vertebrates, including small birds, lizards, frogs, newts,...
Quick and not-so-dirty: A rapid nano-filter for clean water
Credit: RMIT University Australian researchers have designed a rapid nano-filter that can clean dirty water over 100 times faster than current technology. Simple to make...
Scientists quantify the vast and valuable finds stored on museum shelves
Credit: Christine Garcia © 2018 California Academy of Sciences SAN FRANCISCO (September 20, 2018) - Days after a fire tore through Brazil's National Museum and...
Surprise finding uncovers balancing act between birth defects and cancer
Credit: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research Walter and Eliza Hall Institute researchers have made a surprise discovery about how subtle changes in...
Climate change modifies the composition of reefs
The gorgonians are replacing scleractinian corals that are disappearing from marine ecosystems due to human impact and global climate change. This is the result of...
New test procedure accelerates the diagnosis of multi-resistant hospital pathogens
Credit: University of Cologne A team of researchers at the University of Cologne's Faculty of Medicine and the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) has...
Simpler and safer method for handling a useful but foul-smelling gas in chemical synthesis
Credit: Troels Skrydstrup The chemical element sulfur is an important constituent in many pharmaceuticals and, consequently, it is desirable to be able to introduce sulfur-containing...
Basking sharks can jump as high and as fast as great whites
Credit: Filming by Bren Whelan, www.DonegalClimbing.ie, 2017 A collaborative team of marine biologists has discovered that basking sharks, hundreds of which are found off the...
Scientists reveal the hidden costs of cobalt mining in DR Congo
In past years, the demand for cobalt has been on the increase due to its many applications. For one thing, the metal is a crucial...
