World’s marine wilderness is dwindling
Credit: Belle Co An international study led by University of Queensland scientists has found that only 13 per cent of the ocean can still be...
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Japan’s iconic extinct mammal: A sleeping treasure in a university collection
Credit: University of Tsukuba Tsukuba - In the spring of 2017, Dr Yuri Kimura, from the Department of Geology and Paleontology at the National Museum...
Can pollution alter wildlife behavior?
Credit: University of Portsmouth A team of scientists from the University of Portsmouth have developed new scientific tests to better understand the effects of pollution...
55- to 70-year-old women and men with prediabetes get stronger bones with football training
Credit: Bo Kousgaard, Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU) Football scores from all...
Study reveals new geometric shape used by nature to pack cells efficiently
Credit: Luis M. Escudero (Seville University, Spain), Javier Buceta (Lehigh University, USA), Pedro Gomez-Galvez, Pablo Vicente-Munuera and scientists from Andalucian Center of Developmental Biology, ..
Study shows ocean acidification is having major impact on marine life
Credit: Marco Milazzo Carbon dioxide emissions are killing off coral reefs and kelp forests as heat waves and ocean acidification damage marine ecosystems, scientists have...
Benjamin Fingerhut receives the ERC Starting Grant
Dr. Benjamin Fingerhut, junior group leader at the Max Born Institute (MBI), is recipient of the prestigious ERC Starting Grant 2018. The project addresses ultrafast...
From mini-organs to ultrafast filming: ERC invests in early career researchers
Credit: European Research Council Why is the world so green? What can we eat to prevent dementia? Are our eyes really the windows to our...
Genetic basis of heart rhythms explored in large population study
Credit: Clare McLean New knowledge about biological processes related to the heart's electrical activity has been gained through a major genome science study. The research...
Researchers are first to sequence rare bacteria that causes rampant tooth decay
Credit: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Department of Bioengineering Fruit fly larvae can taste ribonucleosides, the building blocks of gene transcripts, according to a new...
Magnetic surgical cement heals spinal fractures, provides targeted drug delivery
Patients with spinal fractures caused by tumors or osteoporosis usually undergo a procedure called kyphoplasty, where the fracture is filled with surgical cement. While kyphoplasty...
New UCI center to advance the use of artificial intelligence in healthcare
Physicians at the University of California, Irvine and UCI Health System have launched the UCI Center for Artificial Intelligence in Diagnostic Medicine, which seeks to...
Diabetes drugs act as powerful curb for immune cells in controlling inflammation
PHILADELPHIA - When tissue is damaged, one of the body's first inflammatory immune-system responders are macrophages, cells which are commonly thought of as "construction workers"...
U of G study is first to find evidence that leopard geckos can make new brain cells
Credit: (Rebecca McDonald/University of Guelph) University of Guelph researchers have discovered the type of stem cell allowing geckos to create new brain cells, providing evidence...
Association between firearm caliber and likelihood of death from gunshot
Bottom Line: The caliber of a firearm was associated with the likelihood of death from a gunshot, with shootings by large-caliber handguns likely to be...
