In responding to predation risk, secondhand experience can be as good as new
Credit: L. Brian Stauffer Throughout the living world, parents have many ways of gifting their offspring with information they will need to help them survive....
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Stormwater ponds not a major source of greenhouse gas emissions
Credit: Jim Heffernan, Duke Univ. DURHAM, N.C. - Stormwater retention ponds, a ubiquitous feature in developed landscapes worldwide, are not a significant source of climate-warming...
New treatment option available for men suffering from benign prostatic hyperplasia
Credit: UC San Diego Health Physicians at UC San Diego Health are now offering prostate artery embolization (PAE) as a new treatment option for men...
ASHG honors Andrew Adey with early-career award
Credit: Andrew Adey ROCKVILLE, MD - The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) has named Andrew Adey, PhD, as the recipient of the 2018 Early-Career...
Charcoal: Major missing piece in the global carbon cycle
Credit: Gabriela Santilli, ETH Zürich Most of the carbon resulting from wildfires and fossil fuel combustion is rapidly released into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide....
Oil rigs may end their days as valuable artificial reefs
Credit: Photo: C. Kuyvenhoven. A large group of international researchers have just published a scientific article in which they encourage environmental authorities across the globe...
Sleeping sickness: Pathogens camouflage themselves with sugar
It has long been known that the pathogens causing sleeping sickness evade the immune system by exchanging their surface proteins. But now scientists at the...
What natural greenhouse gases from wetlands and permafrosts mean for Paris Agreement goals
Credit: Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Global fossil fuel emissions would have to be reduced by as much as 20% more than previous estimates to...
Long term use of some pesticides is killing off dung beetle populations
New research led by scientists at the University of Bristol has uncovered that long-term use of some pesticides to treat cattle for parasites is having...
Research confirms a new way for cells to conserve energy
By proving a theory that was first proposed almost 40 years ago, researchers have confirmed a new way that cells conserve energy. The study, led...
The sea anemone, an animal that hides its complexity well
Credit: © Institut Pasteur Despite its apparent simplicity - a tube-like body topped with tentacles -, the sea anemone is actually a highly complex creature....
New insights on mosquitoes that spread disease
Credit: Photo credit: Mikel Bengoa The Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) is a highly invasive species and a vector of multiple pathogens including various viruses,...
Certain antibodies against a sugar are associated with malaria protection
Credit: Adapted from Aguilar R et al. 2018 Certain type of antibodies against α-Gal- a carbohydrate expressed by many organisms including the malaria parasite- could...
Gene-editing technique cures genetic disorder in utero
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and Yale University have for the first time used a gene editing technique to successfully cure a genetic condition in...
Visual perceptual skills are updated by process similar to memory reconsolidation, study finds
Credit: Jolygon PROVIDENCE, R.I. --A new study shows that updating visual perceptual skills -- which humans rely on to recognize what they see, including potential...
