Ancient bird bones redate human activity in Madagascar by 6,000 years
Credit: ZSL Analysis of bones, from what was once the world's largest bird, has revealed that humans arrived on the tropical island of Madagascar more...
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UMN heads up new project to foster more collaboration among researchers
The issues facing modern society such as climate change, poverty, and the global economy have become more complex over time. To address those challenges, researchers...
Breast cancer screening does not reduce mortality
Fewer and fewer women die from breast cancer in recent years but, surprisingly, the decline is just as large in the age groups that are...
Big data is synergized by team and open science
For some time, "big data" has loomed large as a source of challenges and opportunities for science, but as yet, guidance on how to manage...
Turtle species decline may impact environments worldwide
Credit: Jeff Lovich, USGS, Southwest Biological Science Center Approximately 61 percent of the world's 356 turtle species are threatened or already extinct, and the decline...
New reports will enable UK to make the most of its natural assets
Credit: Video supplied by CEH Four new reports on Natural Capital published today will enable governments and businesses to take an evidence-based approach to valuing...
Ants surrender their venomous secrets
Venoms produced by snails, snakes, scorpions and spiders contain numerous bioactive compounds that could lead to therapeutic drugs or insect-specific pesticides. Yet little is known...
Biophysics: Pile-ups in protein transport
Anyone who has ever tried to find a way through a crowded pedestrian zone has - literally - run into the problem: While some people...
The world needs death and decomposition
Credit: MSU EAST LANSING, Mich. - What if roadkill piled beside the road and never decomposed? What if massive fish kills washed up on beaches...
NYSCF Research Institute and Tufts University to Partner on Neurodegeneration
Credit: Nicolas Rouleau and William Cantley (Tufts University) New York, NY (September 12, 2018) - The New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) Research Institute and...
Wombat conference focuses on Aussie cultural icon
Experts from the world of wombats will gather for a three-day conference, titled Wombats Through Time and Space, at the University of Adelaide to discuss...
KAIST professor Sang Yup Lee announced as the Eni Award recipient
Credit: KAIST Distinguished Professor Sang Yup Lee from the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at KAIST will be awarded the 2018 Eni Advanced Environmental...
Bacteriophages can affect melioidosis disease acquisition
Credit: Elena Khavina/MIPT Press Office An international research team from the University of Leicester from UK, Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU), and the Moscow Institute...
The spark that created life
Credit: Monash University Evolution by Darwinian natural selection is immensely powerful - both in nature and within laboratories. Using 'laboratory evolution', we can take an...
Researchers uncover previously unstudied cancer enzyme
Researchers do not know how all the proteins and enzymes in the human body function, far from it. Now researchers at the University of Copenhagen...
