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Credit: Credit: Santiago Castroviejo-Fisher This news release is available in Spanish. A team of scientists including a Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) research associate announced...

New study illuminates key aspects of how we fall asleep and wake up

Falling asleep and waking up are key transitions in everyone's day. Millions of people have trouble with these transitions – they find it hard to...

Ammonia’s role in cardiovascular health tracked in mice, human cells

Credit: Justin Kelley, MU Health Coronary artery disease is caused by plaque buildup in the vessels that deliver blood to the heart. Narrowed or blocked...

New nanoscopic tools to study ligand-binding of receptors and…

This news release is available in German. Signalling processes in organisms are governed by specific extracellular and intracellular interactions and involve hundreds of different functionally...

X-raying of fossil beetles

This news release is available in German. The layman considers fossil beetles just stones. Even experts were able to describe the rough, outer shape of...

A new species of gecko with massive scales and tear-away skin

Credit: F. Glaw Many lizards can drop their tails when grabbed, but one group of geckos has gone to particularly extreme lengths to escape predation....

A global early warning system for infectious diseases

In the recent issue of EMBO reports, Barbara Han of the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies and John Drake of the University of Georgia Odum...

Newly identified genes impact how transplanted stem cells give rise to…

A team of researchers led by scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is looking at ways to improve how blood-forming stem cells can be...

Study: Viruses share genes with organisms across the tree of life

Credit: Graphic by Julie McMahon CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A new study finds that viruses share some genes exclusively with cells that are not their hosts....

Clemson professor finds positive effects from bringing physical activity to the desk

CLEMSON, South Carolina — A Clemson University psychology professor has published research revealing a positive link between mood, motivation and physical activity during work and...

Dental implants frequently lead to complications

Almost 8 percent of patients experience loss of at least one implant within ten years. Even more develop peri-implantitis. Patients with periodontitis run a greater...

UTA, UT Southwestern findings challenge current approach to Glut1…

Credit: UTA Researchers at The University of Texas at Arlington and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center have discovered that diet changes and early...

For kids prone to wheezing with respiratory infections, early…

Respiratory infections are common in preschoolers, but while most children recover fairly easily from the typical coughs and congestion, a significant number develop illnesses severe...

The Mindlessly slim

IMAGE: This infographic illustrates registry responses from 147 healthy weight adults including those who did not maintain strict diets. Credit: Cornell Food and Brand Lab...

Mutations acquired trans-Pacific may be key to changes in Zika…