Researcher studies increased predation of sagebrush songbirds in natural gas fields
Credit: Anna Chalfoun Arid land bird populations are in decline around the vicinity of oil and gas wells in Wyoming -- but, not for the...
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American Association of Anatomists announces winners of $75,000 for Scientific Gap Funding
Bethesda, MD-The American Association of Anatomists is proud to announce the winners of our inaugural Fellows Grant Award Program (FGAP). FGAP supports scientific researchers with...
Barrow identifies new genes responsible for ALS using IMB Watson Health
Credit: Barrow Neurological Institute Barrow Neurological Institute and IBM Watson Health today announced results of a revolutionary study that has identified new genes linked to...
Tectonic shift?
Credit: UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE Plate tectonics, the idea that the surface of the Earth is made up of plates that move apart and come back...
Study models Tsunami Risk for Florida and Cuba
Credit: Eberli & Schnyder - UM Rosensitel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science MIAMI -- While the Caribbean is not thought to be at risk...
Insectivorous long-fingered bats may also be capable of catching fish
Credit: Antton Alberdi and Ostaizka Aizpurua While most long-fingered bats eat only insects, they may all be instinctively able to also catch fish, according to...
Colorado State University, Future Earth team land sustainability science grant
Credit: Photo courtesy of W. Chris Funk A team led by Josh Tewksbury, director of the Colorado Global Hub of Future Earth, and W. Chris...
Vaccination increases family wealth, girls’ education
Credit: Washington State University PULLMAN, Wash. - A Washington State University-led research team found households in rural Africa that vaccinate their cattle for East Coast...
NYU Dentistry awarded 5-year $1.9m NIH grant — calcium control in dental enamel
Dr. Rodrigo S. Lacruz, assistant professor of basic science and craniofacial biology at NYU College of Dentistry, has been awarded a five-year, $1.9M grant from...
Exactis brings together Quebec cancer centres to increase access to personalized therapy
Five major Quebec cancer treatment centres are partnering with Montreal-based Exactis Innovation to build a coordinated network to match cancer patients to clinical trials based...
Advance in understanding the disparity in prognosis between men and women in melanoma
Though it has been shown that men who get melanoma are twice as likely to die from the disease as women, the biological explanation for...
Computers can take social media data and make marketing personas
Computers may be able to group consumers into marketing segments in real time just by observing how they respond to online videos and other social...
Autonomous Swarmboats: New missions, safe harbors
Credit: U.S. Navy photo by John F. Williams ARLINGTON, Va. -- Autonomous unmanned swarming boats were put through their paces in a recent demonstration in...
Nanocubes simplify printing and imaging in color and infrared
Credit: Maiken Mikkelsen, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. - Duke University researchers believe they have overcome a longstanding hurdle to producing cheaper, more robust ways to...
Common breast cancer mutation could be vulnerable to drug combination
Credit: Alisa Weigandt for Duke Health DURHAM, N.C. - Breast cancer cells that carry a certain gene mutation can be induced to die using a...
