New virus found during investigation into largemouth bass fish kill
MADISON, Wis. — A new virus has been identified in association with a die-off of largemouth bass in Pine Lake in Wisconsin's Forest County. The...
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On the way to a biological alternative
Credit: Graphic: Oliver Einsle The research team of Prof. Dr. Oliver Einsle at the University of Freiburg's Institute of Biochemistry has long been exploring the...
Underwater acoustic localization of marine mammals and vehicles
Credit: @IMDEA Networks Institute Researchers at IMDEA Networks (Spain) in collaboration with University of Haifa (Israel) have developed an underwater acoustic system for the localization...
NASA encourages kids to Train Like an Astronaut
Credit: Mission X: Train Like an Astronaut Mission X: Train like an Astronaut, since its inception in 2011, has morphed into an international collaboration of...
People trying quit smoking don’t always focus on tobacco…
Credit: UBC Fifty per cent of statements made by smokers during counselling sessions designed to help them stop have nothing to do with quitting, a...
Study of wild plants contribute to understanding of high risks…
Credit: Elizabeth Waters New research, published today in Botany, investigates how well native California wild mustard species withstand increasing temperatures with the goal of developing...
Taste, not appearance, drives corals to eat plastics
Credit: Alex Seymour, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. — Scientists have long known that marine animals mistakenly eat plastic debris because the tiny bits of floating...
NIH scientists and collaborators find prion protein in skin of CJD patients
Credit: Case Western Reserve University National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientists and collaborators at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have detected abnormal prion...
CSU uses test for chronic wasting disease to study brain ailments in people
Credit: CSU Photography Wildlife disease experts at Colorado State University are investigating whether a test developed to detect early-stage chronic wasting disease in deer might...
UTSW identify process cells use to destroy damaged organelles, with…
Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS – Dec. 22, 2016 – Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have uncovered the mechanism that cells use to...
Researchers discover how selenium is incorporated into proteins
Credit: Miljan Simonovic. Humans need eight essential trace elements for good health, and one of them is selenium – a powerful antioxidant that is important...
Cells pumping iron to prevent anemia
Credit: Kyoto University Kyoto, Japan — Maintaining a good balance of iron in the body is necessary for health: too little can lead to anemia,...
Sniffing out stem cell fates in the nose
Credit: Russell Fletcher & John Ngai, UC Berkeley Adult stem cells have the ability to transform into many types of cells, but tracing the path...
Dino hips discovery unravels species riddle
Credit: Julius Csotonyi New research from University of Alberta paleontologists shows one of North America's most broadly identified dinosaur species, Troodon formosus, is no longer...
Will mallards hybridize their cousins out of existence?
Credit: Gary Kramer/USFWS (public domain) Mallards — the familiar green-headed ducks of city parks — are one of a group of closely related waterfowl species,...
