New oceanographic insight pinpoints marine ‘hotspots of risk’
Credit: Steve Woods Increased computing power has given fisheries researchers new tools to identify "hotspots of risk," where ocean fronts and eddies bring together masses...
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Researchers report success culturing Treponema pallidum, which causes syphilis
Washington, DC - June 26, 2018 - The spiral-shaped bacterium that causes syphilis was so dependent on its human host that, until now and despite...
Detection of arboreal feeding signs by Asiatic black bears
Credit: K.Tochigi Detection of arboreal feeding signs by Asiatic black bears: effects of hard mast production at individual tree and regional scales Kahoko Tochigi, Takashi...
Computational model analysis reveals serotonin speeds learning
Credit: Champalimaud Research/Dario Sarra A new computational-model designed by researchers at UCL based on data from the Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown reveals that serotonin,...
Finnish forest management guidelines fail to protect the flying squirrel
Credit: Andrea Santangeli A new study determined the habitat requirements for flying squirrels and compared them to those included in the recently amended Forest Act....
Mindfulness helps injured athletes improve pain tolerance and awareness
A new study of injured athletes carried out by the University of Kent found they can benefit from using mindfulness as part of the sport...
Tropical ‘banana eater’ birds lived in North America 52 million years ago
Credit: Daniel J Field A fossil of an ancestor of modern tropical birds has been found in North America, proving they also used to live...
Blockade at the receptor
Credit: Karthika Rajeeve Chlamydia trachomatis is the main cause of sexually transmitted diseases. More than 131 million people are infected with this bacterium worldwide. If...
New regulatory axis revealed for the cancer relevant matrix metalloprotease MMP14
(University of Helsinki) Membrane-associated metalloprotease, MMP14, plays a significant role in different cancer tissues -- for instance in breast cancer and melanoma patients high MMP14...
The origins of fine-particle pollution in Guangzhou, China
Credit: Nan Wang Haze pollution is an integrated result of emissions, chemical reactions and regional transport under unfavorable weather conditions. Numerical simulation has the potential...
More woodland management needed to help save dormice
Managing woodlands to a greater extent could help stop the decline of Britain's dormice, new research suggests. Dormouse numbers are falling in Britain - down...
Scientists explore how high blood pressure hurts cognition
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (June 26, 2018) - The squeeze high blood pressure puts on fragile blood vessels in the...
Majority of teenagers need food safety education
A new study from the University of Waterloo highlights a low level of awareness among youth around the proper precautions they need to take when...
UCI researcher receives CIRM funding for stem cell-based retina therapy to treat blindness
Credit: UCI, Seiler Lab University of California, Irvine stem cell researcher Magdalene J. Seiler, PhD, has received a $4.8 million grant from the California Institute...
US flight attendants at elevated risk of several forms of cancer
Boston, MA - U.S. flight attendants have a higher prevalence of several forms of cancer, including breast cancer, uterine cancer, gastrointestinal cancer, thyroid cancer, and...
