Tree swallow study: Stressful events have long-term health impacts
ITHACA, N.Y. - Little is known about how brief yet acute stressors - such as war, natural disasters and terror attacks - affect those exposed...
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Purdue researchers developing novel biomedical imaging system
Credit: (Purdue Research Foundation Image) WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue University researchers are developing a novel biomedical imaging system that combines optical and ultrasound technology...
Three previously unknown ancient primates identified
Credit: Painting on marble by Randwulph AUSTIN, Texas -- Biological anthropologists from The University of Texas at Austin have described three new species of fossil...
New phase proposed in the relationship between figs and wasps
Credit: LuÃs F. M. Coelho In an article published at journal Acta Oecologica, Brazilian biologist Luciano Palmieri Rocha has proposed a new phase of the...
Rare-earth magnet recycling tech wins innovation award
Credit: Ames Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy An acid-free dissolution rare-earth magnet recycling process has earned a 2018 Notable Technology Development Award from the Federal...
Parasites discovered in fossil fly pupae
Credit: (Figure: Thomas van de Kamp, KIT; Nature Communications) Parasitic wasps existed as early as several million years ago. Within a project coordinated by Karlsruhe...
All that is gold is not biochemically stable
Credit: Duke University DURHAM, N.C. - It turns out gold isn't always the shining example of a biologically stable material that it's assumed to be,...
Multiple facets of biodiversity reduce variability of grassland biomass production
Credit: Anne Ebeling, FSU Leipzig/Göttingen. A new study shows that, in addition to species richness, plant evolutionary history plays a critical role in regulating year-to-year...
New approach makes sprayed droplets hit and stick to their targets
Credit: The Varanasi Research Group CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- When spraying paint or coatings onto a surface, or fertilizers or pesticides onto crops, the size of...
Novel brain network linked to chronic pain in Parkinson’s disease
Scientists have revealed a novel brain network that links pain in Parkinson's disease (PD) to a specific region of the brain, according to a report...
Scientists find a new way to attack herpesviruses
SAN FRANCISCO, CA--August 28, 2018--Human cytomegalovirus is a leading cause of birth defects and transplant failures. As it's evolved over time, this virus from the...
Study provides new insights for ways to use cell metabolism to treat cancer
Credit: Colleen Kelley, University of Cincinnati CINCINNATI--Researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Medicine have discovered that cell metabolism plays an important role...
Researchers find elusive source of most abundant immune cell
Credit: Dr. Yanfang Peipei Zhu, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology LA JOLLA, CA--Neutrophils--short-lived, highly mobile and versatile--outnumber all other immune cells circulating throu..
Mapping out cancer’s movements
Credit: Dan Graham and Blake Bluestein WASHINGTON, D.C., August 28, 2018 -- Cancer researchers struggle to identify tumor cells that are interspersed within nonmalignant tissues...
A non-canonical strategy may improve cancer radiotherapy
Credit: Ralph Weichselbaum and Yang Xin Fu Although the success or failure of radiation therapy for cancer has long been associated with the intrinsic radio-resistance...
