New analysis shows threats to 8K Red List species
Credit: Caleb McClennon/WCS New analysis in journal Nature looked at threats to more than 8,600 species on IUCN Red List Agriculture alone negatively affects 5,407...
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A win-win for spotted owls and forest management
Credit: John Keane, USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station Remote sensing technology has detected what could be a win for both spotted owls and...
Latest research on blockchain and AI for healthcare was presented at…
Credit: Insilico Medicine Monday, 27th of November, 2017, Baltimore, MD – Insilico Medicine, a Baltimore-based next-generation artificial intelligence company specializing in the application of deep...
Growing number of teens think getting heroin is ‘probably impossible’
Credit: Saint Louis University Despite reports about the increase in heroin use, more teens believed it was "probably impossible" to get heroin in 2014 than...
TSRI scientists awarded $1.6 million grant to bring heroin vaccine…
LA JOLLA, CA – November 19, 2015 – Heroin use is on the rise in the United States and around the world–accompanied by a significant...
New study sheds light on how mosquitoes wing it
Credit: Image credit: Bomphrey/Nakata/Phillips/Walker The unique mechanisms involved in mosquito flight have been shared for the first time in a new Oxford University collaboration, which...
Spiders eat 400-800 million tons of prey every year
Credit: David E. Hill, Peckham Society, Simpsonville, South Carolina It has long been suspected that spiders are one of the most important groups of predators...
Researchers find immune cells help rebuild damaged nerves
Immune cells are normally associated with fighting infection but in a new study, scientists have discovered how they also help the nervous system clear debris,...
Boosting your own defenses against heart disease
Credit: Chris Glembotski A protein found in the heart that is known to be involved in cellular stress responses in cancer cells is now believed...
U-M launches emergency study of severe seizures
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – What's the best way to treat someone who's stuck in a prolonged, dangerous seizure? Although emergency medical teams use a variety...
Protein once thought exclusive to neurons helps some cancers grow, spread, defy death
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS – Feb. 20, 2017 – How we think and fall in love are controlled by lightning-fast electrochemical signals across synapses, the...
Mobile women were key to cultural exchange in Stone Age and Bronze Age Europe
Credit: Stadtarchäologie Augsburg At the end of the Stone Age and in the early Bronze Age, families were established in a surprising manner in the...
Efforts needed to stop the spread of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii
Credit: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control Acinetobacter baumannii is the cause of difficult-to-treat infections in healthcare settings in Europe due to its increasing...
Researchers develop breakthrough technique to combat cancer drug…
Credit: University of Maryland COLLEGE PARK, Md. – The ability for cancer cells to develop resistance to chemotherapy drugs – known as multi-drug resistance –...
Man with quadriplegia employs injury bridging technologies to move again — just by thinking
Credit: Case Western Reserve University/Cleveland FES Center CLEVELAND–Bill Kochevar grabbed a mug of water, drew it to his lips and drank through the straw. His...
