International efforts needed to save world’s largest mammals,…
A team of conservation biologists is calling for a worldwide strategy to prevent the unthinkable: the extinction of the world's largest mammal species. In a...
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These ring-tailed lemurs raise a ‘stink’ when they flirt with potential mates
Credit: Devin Sturgeon A U of T Scarborough study finds that a unique ritual performed by male ring-tailed lemurs may come at a significant physical...
Age-old secret that Hollywood celebrities try to keep from you has…
Credit: Lauren Mulligan/Wits University Hollywood celebrities spend large amounts of dollars on it. The hunky stud at the local pub thinks he knows it. But...
Global risk of Madagascar’s pneumonic plague epidemic is limited
Credit: Tsuzuki S., et al., Eurosurveillance, Nov. 16, 2017 Mathematical models have proven the risk of the on-going pneumonic plague epidemic in Madagascar spreading elsewhere...
What role can schools play in preventing and responding to teen dating violence?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, December 12, 2017-A nationwide study of school principals has shown that while the majority had assisted...
Leaving the electrical grid in the Upper Peninsula
Known for snow rather than sun, Michigan's Upper Peninsula could still support a significant network of solar photovoltaic (PV) energy systems. Solar energy alone in...
New cancer model shows genomic link between early-stage and invasive…
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON — new genetic-based model may explain how a common form of early-stage breast cancer known as ductal carcinoma in...
New tissue-engineered blood vessel replacements one step closer to human trials
Credit: University of Minnesota Researchers at the University of Minnesota have created a new lab-grown blood vessel replacement that is composed completely of biological materials,...
CRISPR gene editing reveals new therapeutic approach for blood disorders
(MEMPHIS, Tenn. – August 15, 2016) An international team of scientists led by researchers at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital has found a way to...
TB/HIV co-infections up 40 percent across Europe over the last five…
Credit: ECDC New data released today by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the WHO Regional Office for Europe ahead of...
Mouse models of Zika in pregnancy show how fetuses become infected
Two mouse models of Zika virus infection in pregnancy have been developed by a team of researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St....
European-wide study to examine the prevalence of heart disease in apes
Wild gorillas and chimpanzees are on the brink of extinction threatened primarily by habitat loss and poaching. At the same time, they are among our...
Dino-killing asteroid’s impact on bird evolution
Credit: Cornell Lab of Ornithology ITHACA, N.Y. – Human activities could change the pace of evolution, similar to what occurred 66 million years ago when...
Leading medical societies, health systems collaborate to improve…
Shelley Lyford, president and CEO of the Gary and Mary West Health Institute Four national medical societies and nine leading health systems announced today they...
Queen’s researchers make breakthrough discovery in fight against bowel cancer
Credit: Queen's University Belfast New research led by Queen's University Belfast has discovered how a genomic approach to understanding bowel (colorectal) cancer could improve the...
