As climate stirs Arctic sea ice faster, pollution tags along
Credit: Robert Newton/Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory A warming climate is not just melting the Arctic's sea ice; it is stirring the remaining ice faster, increasing the...
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How many protozoa are in the water we drink?
Credit: J. Quílez Cinca/Unizar Researchers from the University of Zaragoza (Spain) have analysed drinking water and detected oocysts of Cryptosporidium and cysts of Giardia, two...
Jellyfish fluorescence shines new light on DNA copying
Using these proteins, originally found in jellyfish to make them glow, the team where able to focus laser beams on the brightly lit proteins and...
Population health resource to give US cities access to key data
Credit: L+L Hundreds of United States cities will be able to identify their most pressing health needs more accurately--thanks to a nationwide expansion of the...
Ancient retrovirus embedded in the human genome helps fight HIV-1 infection
Credit: Dr. Kazuaki Monde Throughout our evolution, viruses have continually infected humans just as they do today. Some early viruses became integrated into our genome...
Obesity risk factors dropped in preschoolers in prevention program
New York, NY (June 27, 2017)--Preschoolers from low-income families living in cities that took part in a two-year community-wide intervention to foster healthy eating and...
What makes stem cells into perfect allrounders
Stem cells are considered biological allrounders because they have the potential to develop into the various body cell types. For the majority of stem cells,...
Pre-synaptic cadherin/catenin complexes stablize post-synaptic spines in vivo
Credit: Image by Dr. LI Yefei Synapses are fundamental building blocks of neural circuits. Synapse formation requires complex regulation involving cell adhesion molecules, secreted molecules,...
The dust storm microbiome
Credit: Weizmann Institute of Science Israel is subjected to sand and dust storms from several directions: northeast from the Sahara, northwest from Saudi Arabia and...
The Blue-winged Amazon: A new parrot species from the Yucatán Peninsula
(PeerJ) In 2014, during a visit to a remote part of the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico, ornithologist Dr. Miguel A. Gómez Garza came across parrots...
Study shows biomarkers can predict which ER-positive breast cancer patients respond best to first-line therapy
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON ? Two challenges in treating patients with estrogen-positive breast cancer (ER+) have been an inability to predict who will...
Amber warning for the UK’s access to new medicines post Brexit
In an editorial to be published on Tuesday 27th June 2017 in the journal ecancermedicalscience, Anthony Hatswell of BresMed (an independent health economics consultancy) and...
Study: Intracranial pathology not necessary for gadolinium deposition in brain tissues
OAK BROOK, Ill. - Minute traces of gadolinium, the contrast agent used to enhance MR images, are often retained in the brain tissue of patients...
Comprehensive program improves measures of childhood obesity at community health center
BOSTON - A comprehensive program to reduce or prevent childhood obesity in low-income communities led to significant improvements in obesity-related measures among children cared for...
Adults with autism make more consistent choices
People with autism spectrum conditions (ASC) often show a reduced sensitivity to contextual information in perceptual tasks, but new research suggests that this reduced sensitivity...
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