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,...
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Workbench for virus design
Credit: Dr Graham Beards Bacteriophages, known informally as phages, are viruses that can attack and kill specific bacteria. They occur everywhere in the natural world....
Army medicine opens the door for vision prosthetic prototypes
Army medical research funding has supported the development of innovative technologies to assist injured Service members and improve their quality of life. For example, advances...
Pitt and UPMC researchers collaborate to save more organs for transplants
Credit: Swanson School of Engineering PITTSBURGH (October 30, 2017) … Each year, the United States suffers an extreme shortage of organ donations, with only a...
Russian scientists plot antibiotic resistance on a world map
Credit: Bioinformatics Russian scientists have created an interactive world map of human gut microbiota potential to resist antibiotics (resistome). Their ResistoMap will help identify national...
New evidence links exclusive breastfeeding, early play/stimulation to…
Toronto, Canada — A pair of new studies further strengthen scientific understanding of the links between what a child experiences in the first years of...
Computer model developed for predicting the dispersion of vog
A paper published this month in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society details the development and utility of a computer model for the dispersion...
Conventional heart drug stops the progression of cancer
A common heart drug may stop the progression of angiosarcoma, a cancer of the inner lining of blood vessels, according to a study by researchers...
Loma Linda University study says eating nuts can reduce weight gain
A study recently published in the online version of the European Journal of Nutrition has found that people who include nuts in their diet are...
Save the Vaquita Day marked by bold, coordinated efforts to save the…
Credit: VaquitaCPR The world is marking International Save the Vaquita Day on July 8 by supporting VaquitaCPR's ambitious, emergency plan to help save the vaquita...
Iberian Peninsula rodents migrated due to climate change 12 million years ago
Credit: Oscar Sanisidro (Vertebrate Paleontology. Biodiversitiy Institute, University of Kansas) The oldest studied rodent fauna in this work, which inhabited the Iberian Peninsula from twelve...
Heritage turkey production research profitable but more difficult
Credit: Penn State To meet increasing consumer demand for heritage-breed turkeys to be the centerpiece of holiday and other meals, researchers in Penn State's College...
In mice, acting male depends on estrogen receptors
Credit: Tollkuhn Lab, CSHL Cold Spring Harbor, NY – Researchers at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) have opened a black box in the brain whose...
Study: Patients benefit from one-on-one PT education before joint replacement
Credit: Hospital for Special Surgery A study at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) finds that patients benefit from a one-on-one education session with a physical...
New study gives weight to Darwin’s theory of ‘living…
Credit: Tom Stubbs/ University of Bristol A team of researchers from the University of Bristol studying the 'living fossil' Sphenodon – or tuatara – have...
