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...
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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...
Tracking down the jumping genes of maize
Credit: Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra/UC Davis The "jumping genes" of maize have finally been mapped by an international team led by researchers at the University of California,...
Making lasers cool again
Credit: Lehigh University Once the preferred weapon of B-movie madmen and space-fiction heroes alike, the laser — a device that generates an intense beam of...
Obesity, other risks play large role in sudden cardiac arrest among the young
Credit: Cedars-Sinai LOS ANGELES (Feb. 12, 2018) — Obesity and other common cardiovascular risk factors may play a greater role in sudden cardiac arrest among...
Sheldon Cohen named American Psychosomatic Society’s 2018 Distinguished Scientist
Credit: Carnegie Mellon University Today, we take it for granted that stress and disease are linked and that psychological stress, social networks and socioeconomic status...
The ‘Star dust’ wasp is a new extinct species named after David Bowie’s alter ego
Credit: Dr. Elijah J. Talamas During her study on fossil insects of the order Hymenoptera at China's Capitol Normal University, student Longfeng Li visited the...
