More brain activity is not always better when it comes to memory and…
Credit: the University of Nottingham Potential new ways of understanding the cause of cognitive impairments, such as problems with memory and attention, in brain disorders...
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MERS-like coronavirus identified in Ugandan bat
Credit: Kirsten Gilardi, UC Davis A team of researchers in the United States and Uganda has identified a novel coronavirus in a bat from Uganda...
Winter sets up breeding success: Study
Credit: Stéphanie Doucet For migratory birds, breeding grounds are where the action is. But a new study by University of Guelph biologists is among the...
IU study finds fly growth mimics cancer cells, creating new tool in…
Credit: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Scientists who study a molecule known to play a role in certain types of cancers and neurodegenerative disorders have...
Remains of bizarre group of extinct snail-eating Australian marsupials…
Fossil remains of a previously unknown family of carnivorous Australian marsupials that lived 15 million years ago have been discovered at the Riversleigh World Heritage...
Size matters for marine protected areas designed to aid coral
Credit: Credit: Cody Clements, Georgia Tech For marine protected areas established to help coral reefs recover from overfishing, size really does seem to make a...
Could a diabetes drug be used for Motor Neurone Disease?
Credit: Lancaster University Could a diabetes drug be used for Motor Neurone Disease? A diabetes drug could one day be used to treat neurodegenerative diseases...
2016 winners of FASEB BioArt competition announced
Credit: FASEB BioArt winners Michael Shen, Jasmine Temple, Leslie Mitchell, Nick Phillips, James Chuang, Jiarui Wang, and Jef Boeke The Federation of American Societies for...
Promising new therapeutic approach for debilitating bone disease
Credit: Dr Michelle McDonald Friday 30 June, 2017: An Australian-led research team has demonstrated a new therapeutic approach that can re-build and strengthen bone, offering...
Can the environment help control disease in Asian aquaculture?
The University of Southampton is leading an international project to understand how the environment can help to control the risk of disease in fish and...
Melting ice sheet could expose frozen Cold War-era hazardous waste
TORONTO, Aug. 4, 2016 – Climate change is threatening to expose hazardous waste at an abandoned camp thought to be buried forever in the Greenland...
Altering Huntington’s patients’ skin cells into brain…
Credit: Matheus Victor Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have transformed skin cells from patients with Huntington's disease into the type...
Is laughter the greatest medicine for cancer patients?
Credit: Lancaster University Analysis led by Lancaster University researchers suggests that spontaneous humour is used and appreciated by people with cancer and can be a...
Omega-3 intake reduces cardiac death risk according to comprehensive…
Credit: Maki et al Results from a new study published in the Journal of Clinical Lipidology showed that in 14 randomized, controlled trials (RCTs) of...
Tracking humanity: The new key to forecasting global change
Credit: Image courtesy of Sander van der Leeuw and Anthropocene Phoenix, AZ — Humankind may still prove to be the planet's best friend or its...
