Childhood asthma may increase risks of shingles
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Nearly 1 million incidences of herpes zoster, which is also known as shingles, occur every year in the U.S., with an estimated...
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Scripps Florida scientists find surprising answers to ‘food coma’ conundrum
Credit: The Scripps Research Institute JUPITER, FL – Nov. 22, 2016 – Anyone who has drifted into a fuzzy-headed stupor after a large holiday meal...
Kessler Foundation receives major federal grant to train rehabilitation researchers
Credit: Kessler Foundation East Hanover, NJ – January 17, 2018 – Guang Yue, PhD, director of Human Performance and Engineering Research at Kessler Foundation, has...
Bonobos help strangers without being asked
Credit: Photo courtesy of Lola ya Bonobo Sanctuary DURHAM, N.C. — A passer-by drops something and you spring to pick it up. Or maybe you...
Larger swaths of tropical forest being lost to commercial agriculture
Credit: European Space Agency DURHAM, N.C. — Larger patches of tropical forest are being lost worldwide as governments and corporations clear more land to make...
Defining conservation priorities in tropical and biodiversity-rich…
Credit: Jon Moore (Tropical Ecology Assessment and Monitoring Network/University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus. Rich in biodiversity, with a rapidly growing economy, Malaysia exemplifies the tension...
Female blue tits sing in the face of danger
Credit: Katharina Mahr/Vetmeduni Vienna Until now, the singing behaviour of songbirds had been mainly associated with competitive behaviour and the search for a partner. Moreover,...
Gut feeling: ONR research examines link between stomach bacteria, PTSD
ARLINGTON, Va.–Could bacteria in your gut be used to cure or prevent neurological conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety or even depression? Two...
Marijuana use may not aid patients in opioid addiction treatment
Credit: Washington State University SPOKANE, Wash. – Many patients who are being treated for opioid addiction in a medication-assisted treatment clinic use marijuana to help...
Enhanced evolution: Scientists find genetic swap changes physical expression
Credit: National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America The difference between webbed toes and distinct digits may be the result of not...
Monoclonal antibody cures marburg infection in monkeys
Credit: Courtesy of Dr. Tom Geisbert, University of Texas Medical Branch WHAT: Scientists funded by the National Institutes of Health have found that an experimental...
Random process analysis could give a woman more information about which infertility treatment is best
Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (March 6, 2017) – It's been used to study automobile cruise control systems and population growth of certain animal species,...
Six teams seek to identify biological factors that influence neural…
The National Institutes of Health will fund six projects to identify biological factors that affect neural regeneration in the retina. The projects are part of...
Dartmouth, NSF aim to turn America’s rural libraries into STEM centers
HANOVER, N.H. – Dartmouth College will use a $3 million, five-year grant from the National Science Foundation to further help small, rural libraries nationwide to...
Significant expansion of data available in the Genomic Data Commons
The recently launched Genomic Data Commons (GDC) will get a dramatic increase in the power and utility of its resources with the announcement today of...
