Breast milk linked to significant early brain growth in preemies
Feeding premature babies mostly breast milk during the first month of life appears to spur more robust brain growth, compared with babies given little or...
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An evolutionary breakpoint in cell division
Credit: Osaka University Japanese researchers from Osaka University have discovered that the interaction between two proteins, M18BP1/KNL2 and CENP-A, is essential for cell division in...
Removal of invasive shrub could be an easy way to help reduce malaria…
Credit: Muller et al., Malaria Journal, 2017' Removing the flowers of an invasive shrub from mosquito-prone areas might be a simple way to help reduce...
New testing method developed for genetic mutation that causes pulmonary hypertension
Pulmonology and genetics experts from two Utah healthcare organizations have collaboratively developed a new diagnostic genomic testing method for a rare form of pulmonary hypertension...
When it comes to the threat of extinction, size matters
Credit: Illustration: Oliver Day, Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. — Animals in the Goldilocks zone — neither too big, nor too small, but just the...
Yawning — why is it so contagious and why should it matter?
Feeling tired? Even if we aren’t tired, why do we yawn if someone else does? Experts at the University of Nottingham have published research that...
Algae production research gets boost at Los Alamos
Credit: Sapphire Energy INC LOS ALAMOS, N.M., July 12, 2017 — Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the selection of three projects to...
Toxic cocktail: Okinawan pit viper genome reveals evolution of snake…
Credit: OIST/Steven Aird A bite from a pit viper, locally known as habu, can cause permanent disability and even death. Yet, much about its venom...
To save the earth, better nitrogen use on a hungrier planet must be addressed
PRINCETON, N.J.–The global population is expected to increase by two to three billion people by 2050, a projection raising serious concerns about sustainable development, biodiversity...
Scientists release recommendations for building land in coastal Louisiana
Today, a team of leading scientists and community experts with decades of experience released key recommendations to maintain and build land in coastal Louisiana. Their...
Scientists reveal new and improved genome sequence of Daphnia pulex
Credit: Matt Cashore/University of Notre Dame For many, experience with Daphnia, commonly known as water fleas, ends in high school. The organism is often used...
Newly discovered fossil sea urchin is the oldest of its kind
Researchers have uncovered a fossil sea urchin that pushes back a fork in its family tree by 10 million years, according to a new study....
Theory of the evolution of sexes tested with algae
Credit: Image credit: Environmental Protection Agency The varied sex lives of a type of green algae have enabled a University of Adelaide researcher to test...
‘Protective’ DNA strands are shorter in adults who had…
Credit: Hesed Padilla-Nash and Thomas Ried, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health New research indicates that people who had more infections as babies harbor...
Acoustic buoy now detecting rare & endangered whales in New York Bight
Credit: CREDIT: A.H. Kopelman for CRESLI. New York (November 16, 2016) – An acoustic buoy recently deployed by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and...
