Black widows are color-coded to deter predators without tipping off prey
DURHAM, N.C. — Secret codes and hidden messages aren't just for computer security experts or kids passing notes in class — animals use them too....
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HKBU’s clinical trial acupuncture proves effectiveness for…
Credit: Hong Kong Baptist University The School of Chinese Medicine (SCM) of Hong Kong Baptist University recently completed a clinical trial on the use of...
Study finds no benefit, but possible harm, from drug used to prevent preterm births
Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS – March 14, 2017 – A drug commonly prescribed to pregnant women with a history of delivering babies early...
Neural stem cells control their own fate
To date, it has been assumed that the differentiation of stem cells depends on the environment they are embedded in. A research group at the...
Pandas don’t like it hot: Temperature, not food is biggest…
Credit: Photo by Mingxi Li. Although a new Drexel study found that the metabolism of giant pandas is higher than previously reported, there is more...
Under-studied boreal habitat key for North America’s ducks
Credit: M. Carriere Knowing where migrating birds came from and where they're headed is essential for their conservation and management. For ducks, most of this...
International scientific teams find potential approach against parasites
Credit: Jim Inglese, NCATS Research teams from the National Institutes of Health and abroad have identified the first inhibitor of an enzyme long thought to...
Low frequency brain stimulation improves cognition in Parkinson’s disease
Credit: Narayanan Lab, University of Iowa A multidisciplinary neuroscience study using rare, intraoperative brain recordings suggests that low frequency stimulation of a deep brain region...
Saving the Underworld: Clarifying the stygofauna classification for…
Credit: Renata Nunes Inevitably, many habitats, including the particularly vulnerable subterranean ones, will continue being erased from our planet as a result of human activities...
Why mole rats are more flexible than we previously thought
One of the most interesting facts about mole rats – that, as with ants and termites, individuals specialise in particular tasks throughout their lives –...
A non-proliferative signaling center kicks off tooth development
Credit: Laura Ahtiainen Despite extensive research on the molecular regulation of early tooth development, little is known about the cellular mechanisms driving morphogenesis prior to...
Medical mystery solved in record time
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine In a study published today in PLoS ONE, a team of researchers reports solving a medical mystery in a day's...
Tick genome reveals secrets of a successful bloodsucker
IMAGE: This is a picture of the lifecycle of Ixodes scapularis tick. Credit: Credit: CDC With tenacity befitting their subject, an international team of nearly...
Human rotavirus manipulates immune response to maintain infection
Credit: CDC/Jessica A. Allen/Alliza Eckerd. The gut of a child infected with rotavirus is like a battle ground. On one side, the virus invades the...
Airline industry could fly thousands of miles on biofuel from a new…
Credit: Claire Benjamin/University of Illinois A Boeing 747 burns one gallon of jet fuel each second. A recent analysis from researchers at the University of...
