Risk assessment, for the birds
Every year, backyard songbirds across the United States make an arduous journey to warmer winter climes. They migrate hundreds of miles, occasionally braving tough terrain...
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‘Mysterious’ non-protein-coding RNAs play important roles…
Credit: Laboratory of Shelley Berger, Ph.D., Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania PHILADELPHIA -In cells, DNA is transcribed into RNAs that provide the molecular...
A new system to detect spinal deformity
Credit: Images: Hokkaido University/Noa Co., Ltd. Hokkaido University researchers have developed a symmetry-recognition system for the surface of the human back that can three-dimensionally detect...
Orange is the new green: How orange peels revived a Costa Rican forest
Credit: Photos courtesy of Daniel Janzen and Winnie Hallwachs PRINCETON, N.J.–In the mid-1990s, 1,000 truckloads of orange peels and orange pulp were purposefully unloaded onto...
Scientists to study health of plant-bacteria symbiosis in California
Credit: Sachs lab, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Scientists at the University of California, Riverside and Oregon State University have received a grant of $1.24...
Canine distemper confirmed in Far Eastern leopard, world’s most endangered big cat
Credit: Land of the Leopard National Park VLADIVOSTOK, Russian Federation (Jan. 17, 2018) – The Far Eastern or Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) is already...
‘Flying syringes’ could detect emerging infectious…
Credit: Franck Prugnolle Blood-sucking flies can act as 'flying syringes' to detect emerging infectious diseases in wild animals before they spread to humans, according to...
New species discovered in Antarctica
Credit: Photo provided by the National Institute of Polar Research A team of Japanese scientists has discovered a new species of polychaete, a type of...
MaxQ And Lighthouse Labs ready to ‘hack’ Toronto’s transportation…
TORONTO, CANADA – September 13, 2016: Toronto will be represented in the Climate-KIC Climathon, a global 24-hour climate change challenge organised simultaneously in major cities...
Dopaminergic neurons derived from iPSCs in non-human primate model
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, August 8, 2017-Researchers have demonstrated the ability to generate dopaminergic neurons in the laboratory from induced...
Nagoya medical researchers propose new disease category of skin disorders
Credit: Nagoya University Nagoya, Japan – Dry scaly skin, blistering, rashes. Many people will experience some kind of skin problem at some time in their...
Have flowers devised the ultimate weapon of distraction?
Credit: Professor Scott Armbruster Nectar, the high-energy 'honey' produced by flowers, might be a brilliant distraction technique to help protect a flower's reproductive parts, accord..
U-M, international research team explore genetic architecture of type…
ANN ARBOR–New research from a large international team of scientists offers a more complete picture of the genes responsible for type 2 diabetes, demonstrating that...
Future brain therapies for Parkinson’s possible with stem cell bioengineering…
Scientists at Rutgers and Stanford universities have created a new technology that could someday help treat Parkinson's disease and other devastating brain-related conditions that affect...
Using urban pigeons to monitor lead pollution
Credit: David Slipher, UC Davis College of Biological Sciences Tom Lehrer sang about poisoning them, but those pigeons in the park might be a good...
