‘Wing prints’ may identify individual bats as effectively as fingerprints identify people
Credit: The image was used as Figure 1 in their study, 'Bat wing biometrics: using collagen-elastin bundles in bat wings as a unique individual identifier.'...
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With community health center fund expiration looming, health center…
Credit: Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative WASHINGTON, DC and NEW YORK (September 14, 2017)–If Congress fails to renew a critical fund for community...
Racial, ethnic disparities in pediatric readmission rates for chronic disease vary by…
Credit: Children's National Health System WASHINGTON – Disparities in pediatric readmission rates for chronic conditions such as asthma, depression, diabetes, migraines, and seizures vary, with...
Garret FitzGerald awarded an honorary fellowship by British Pharmacological Society
Credit: Sabina Louise Pierce PHILADELPHIA — Garret A. FitzGerald, MD, FRS, director of the Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics in the Perelman School of...
Salk Institute ranked #2 in world for life sciences collaborations by…
Credit: Nature Research LA JOLLA–(November 17, 2016) The Salk Institute ranks second in the world for high-quality, high-impact scientific collaborations in the life sciences, and...
There’s a close association between magnetic systems and certain states of brain…
Credit: UGRdivulga Scientists from the University of Granada (UGR) have proven for the first time that there is a close relationship between several emerging phenomena...
Lose fat, preserve muscle: Weight training beats cardio for older…
Credit: WFU / Ken Bennett Weight training or cardio? For older adults trying to slim down, pumping iron might be the way to go. A...
Free lung-cancer screening in the Augusta area finds more than double the cancer rate of…
Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (March 9, 2017) – The first year of free lung cancer screening in the Augusta, Georgia area found more than...
Antibodies from Ebola survivor protect mice and ferrets against related viruses
Credit: NIAID WHAT: The fight to contain the 2013-16 Ebola outbreak in West Africa was hampered by the lack of an effective treatment or vaccine....
Rice University biologists create toolkit for tuning genetic circuits
Credit: National Institutes of Health Rice University scientists have created a toolkit for synthetic biologists who need to precisely tune the input and output levels...
CSU uses test for chronic wasting disease to study brain ailments in…
Credit: CSU Photography Wildlife disease experts at Colorado State University are investigating whether a test developed to detect early-stage chronic wasting disease in deer might...
Study: High tolerance for wildlife exists around Indian reserves despite continued losses
Credit: WCS-India A new study from WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society), Duke University, and the Centre for Wildlife Studies in India finds that communities living near...
South Carolina & George Mason link women’s sexual orientation to (un)happiness about birth
Credit: Lisa Lindley Unhappiness about a pregnancy or birth has been associated with negative health outcomes for mothers and babies. Yet, unhappiness about a pregnancy...
Newly discovered virus a prime suspect in often-fatal beak disorder…
SAN FRANCISCO (July 26, 2016) – Scientists have uncovered a fascinating new clue in the global mystery surrounding wild birds with grossly deformed beaks. A...
In the belly of the Devil: New rare ant species found in the stomach of a poison frog
Credit: Dr Christian Rabeling While new ant species are usually discovered in surveys involving researchers searching through leaf litter, it turns out that sifting through...
