Arctic Ny Alesund sees rapid warming, but not the warmest
Credit: Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences The Arctic plays an important role in the global climate system, and it warmups faster than...
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A leopard may not change its spots but venomous creatures change their venom recipe often
Credit: Jason Macrander, UNC Charlotte. Many animals use venom to protect themselves from predators and to catch prey. Some, like jellyfish, have tentacles, while others,...
Weightlifting shows benefits for kidney disease patients
Credit: University of Leicester Lifting weights can provide significant health benefits to patients suffering from kidney disease. A new study by University of Leicester researchers,...
Mammals share mechanisms controlling the heart with a 400 million-year-old fish
Credit: Gustavo M. Oda Primitive air-breathing fish, whose direct ancestors first appeared around 400 million years ago, show mechanisms controlling the heart which were previously...
Genes for age-linked brain deterioration identified
Credit: Dr. Giuseppe Lupo The brain deteriorates with age because stem cells produce new brain cells more slowly Changes to the activity of a group...
Producing handy gels from a protein found in human blood
Credit: Biomaterials Science / Royal Society of Chemistry From blood to the lab: the protein albumin is responsible for many vital processes in the human...
Plymouth researcher secures funding to further investigate treatment for neuro-tumors
Credit: University of Plymouth The University of Plymouth will be continuing its research into the advancement of neuro-tumour treatments thanks to more than £100,000 from...
‘Filter’ hones GWAS results to help researchers avoid dead ends
A genetics research team at Johns Hopkins Medicine has solved a dilemma facing researchers who use genomewide association studies (GWAS) by developing a new approach...
Number of paid sick days directly impacts how Americans use preventive care like flu shots
Credit: Florida Atlantic University How much is enough? That is what researchers from Florida Atlantic University and Cleveland State University wanted to find out in...
Intermountain Healthcare building new global DNA database for future genetic discoveries
Credit: Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute Intermountain Healthcare is creating a new global DNA registry based on medical histories from people around the world, which...
Birth control pills increase risk of ischemic stroke
MAYWOOD, IL - Oral contraceptives increase the risk of ischemic stroke, but this risk is very small among women who do not have other stroke...
Cancer stem cells, allies of the tumor and enemies of the patient
Credit: UEx The scientists of the UEx Molecular Biology of Cancer Research Group have a very clear objective. They want to uncover the physiological mechanisms...
For flour beetles, it’s better to be a woman in a man’s world
Credit: Ipsa Jain In red flour beetle society, being a female in a male world is actually advantageous. Unlike humans, where this situation traditionally meant...
Capturing brain signals with soft electronics
Credit: Thor Balkhed Klas Tybrandt, principal investigator at the Laboratory of Organic Electronics at Linköping University, has developed new technology for long-term stable neural recording....
Minimally invasive surgeries underused in older patients, new study finds
A study of more than 200,000 Medicare patients who had common surgical procedures shows that, compared to the general population, they underwent far fewer minimally...
