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Credit: Bjørn Aksel Bjerke/University of Oslo For over a century, speciation -- where one species splits into two -- has been a central focus of...

New research showed better survival outcomes in one type of heart failure

Singapore - A joint 7-year cohort study of 2039 patients in both Singapore's restructured hospitals and New Zealand's hospitals, revealed answers to key questions about...

Children with marginally low birth weight needs treatment

Credit: Anders Friberg Children with a birth weight under 2.5 kilos stand at risk of becoming underweight and can experience cognitive difficulties as well as...

Study in six countries identifies groups that are vulnerable to severe mental illness

Young males, ethnic minorities and people living in socioeconomically disadvantaged areas are more likely to experience first-episode psychosis, defined as the first manifestation of one...

Researchers find transferable antibiotic resistance gene in pathogen of developing nations

Washington, DC - March 2, 2018 - A team of investigators has found that the mcr-1 drug resistance gene, which encodes resistance to a drug...

Payments to protect carbon stored in forests must increase to defend against rubber

Credit: University of East Anglia Payments to protect carbon stored in forests must increase to defend against rubber plantations Efforts to protect tropical forests in...

Previously unknown ‘supercolony’ of Adélie penguins discovered in Antarctica

(Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) In a paper released on March 2nd in the journal Scientific Reports, the scientists announced the discovery of a previously unknown...

Spring is springing earlier in polar regions than across the rest of earth

Credit: Eric Post/UC Davis Spring is arriving earlier, but how much earlier? The answer depends where on Earth you find yourself, according to a study...

Vertical measurements of air pollutants in urban Beijing

Credit: The photo on the left was taken by SUN Yele; The photo on the right was taken by the camera installed on the Tower....

Multiphoton Microscopy and Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging

Credit: De Gruyter This monograph focuses on modern femtosecond laser microscopes for two photon imaging and nanoprocessing, on laser tweezers for cell micromanipulation as well...

Capturing the balance of nature

Credit: Kyoto University / Reiji Masuda Kyoto, Japan -- In a study spanning twelve years, researchers from Kyoto University, and with Ryukoku University have developed...

St. Michael’s Hospital cardiology team reports a world first

Credit: St. Michael's Hospital TORONTO, March 2, 2018--Interventional cardiologist Dr. Neil Fam of St. Michael's Hospital has performed a world-first procedure, which he described in...

Student-led depression awareness program boosts teens’ understanding and help-seeking

Credit: University of Michigan ANN ARBOR, MI - High school students can make a major impact on their schoolmates' understanding of depression, and their attitudes...

Early psychosis programs significantly reduce patient mortality, study finds

Credit: The Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) LONDON, ON - In a new study, researchers at Lawson Health Research Institute (Lawson), Western University and...

Deeper look at biopsy exposes mutation ready to ambush drug combination