New MyAsthma app can help relieve the stress of asthma management
Credit: ©GSK A new and unique smartphone app to help people with asthma manage their condition has been developed by lung experts at the Nottingham...
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Mosquito egg hunt: Many Culex species prefer alternatives to standing water
Annapolis, MD; April 7, 2017--The conventional wisdom about where many mosquitoes lay their eggs--in standing water--is not always wise. Research into a diverse group of...
Mapping food color regulations in the EU and the US
New study suggests that EU and the US companies and consumers have much to gain from closer cooperation on food colouring. How we perceive what...
Researchers find mushrooms may hold clues to effect of carbon dioxide on lawns
Credit: Michael Kuo DURHAM, N.H. - Since the Industrial Revolution, the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has rapidly increased. Researchers at the University...
Are wolves becoming domesticated again?
Credit: Unknown, American Institute of Biological Sciences The BioScience Talks podcast features discussions of topical issues related to the biological sciences. On landscapes around the...
From opioid-free to long-term user, in one operation: Study shows key role of surgery
ANN ARBOR, MI - Having surgery always comes with risks. But a new study suggests a new one to add to the usual list: the...
The most accurate measurement of rare meson decay confirms modern physics
Credit: Source: IFJ PAN / CERN / The LHCb Collaboration Cracow, 12 April 2017 All physical theories are to a greater or lesser extent, but...
A whiff of warning at the pool
More building blocks, more toy cars, more dolls: the German toy sector is constantly growing. Simultaneously, hundreds of toys are withdrawn from the market every...
How some battery materials expand without cracking
CAMBRIDGE, MA -- When you charge a battery, or when you use it, it's not just electricity but also matter that moves around inside. Ions,...
Baraniuk elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON -- (April 12, 2017) -- Rice University professor and engineer Richard Baraniuk has been elected to the American Academy of...
Polar glaciers may be home to previously undiscovered carbon cycle
Credit: Christine Foreman, Montanan State University Microbes in streams flowing on the surface of glaciers in the Arctic and Antarctic may represent a previously underestimated...
Collisions generate gas in debris disks
Credit: RIKEN Many young stars, as well as more middle-aged stars like our sun, have "debris disks"--like the Oort Cloud in our own solar system--that...
Algal residue — an alternative carbon resource for pharmaceuticals and polyesters
Credit: Tokyo Institute of Technology Microalgae have received much attention in biomass production due to many strains having a high biomass productivity per unit time...
Nuclear transfer of mitochondrial DNA in colon and rectal cancer
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Patients with colon and rectal cancer have somatic insertions of mitochondrial DNA into the nuclear genomes of the cancer cells,...
Is there something up with stinky inflatable pool toys?
Inflatable toys and swimming aids, like bathing rings and arm bands, often have a distinctive smell which could indicate that they contain a range of...
