Flowers use physics to attract pollinators
Credit: New Phytologist A new review indicates that flowers may be able to manipulate the laws of physics, by playing with light, using mechanical tricks,...
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Researchers stress the need for research on Ebola virus disease in great apes
Credit: Mammal Review Ebola virus disease (EVD) is a threat to human health, but it also threatens the survival of African great apes. A new...
Kids’ restaurant menu items often include excess calories
Most kids' menu items offered by the nation's top 200 restaurant chains exceed the calorie counts recommended by nutrition experts, a new RAND Corporation study...
New compound targets TB bacterium’s defense against the immune system
Credit: Sello Lab / Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Part of the reason tuberculosis-causing bacteria are so good at colonizing the human body is that...
How will electronic medical records and patient portals change patient care
Healthcare Transformation (), a breakthrough new peer-reviewed, open access journalzine spearheaded by Stephen Klasko, MD, MBA, President, Thomas Jefferson University (TJU) and CEO Jefferson Health...
£60 million boost to strengthen the UK’s manufacturing base through 6 new research hubs
(Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council) Six new £10 million research hubs that will explore and improve new manufacturing techniques across fields such as targeted...
No safe level of smoking
People who consistently smoked an average of less than one cigarette per day over their lifetime had a 64 percent higher risk of earlier death...
Moffitt Cancer Center study shows promising clinical activity
TAMPA, Fla. (Dec. 5, 2016) - Immune cellular therapy is a promising new area of cancer treatment. Anti-cancer therapeutics, such as chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)...
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons announces official open access journal
The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), a global leader in orthopaedic surgical education, is announcing the forthcoming launch of JAAOS: Global Research & Reviews....
Babies’ first words can be predicted based on visual attention, IU study finds
Credit: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Indiana University psychologists have shown that a baby's most likely first words are based upon their visual experience, laying...
Global public health advocates open new fronts in war on tobacco
Credit: IASLC Efforts to control tobacco as a public health threat have escalated as clinicians and public health advocates have coalesced to beat back threats...
The Goldilocks effect in aging research
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(December 5, 2016) Ever since researchers connected the shortening of telomeres--the protective structures on the ends of chromosomes--to aging and disease,...
Legendary Chesapeake scientist Walter Boynton awarded Mathias Medal
Credit: University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science/Cheryl Nemazie ANNAPOLIS, MD (December 5, 2016)--Walter Boynton, a fixture in the world of Chesapeake Bay science for...
Transportation center earns $15 million federal research grant, national designation
Credit: TREC/Portland State University Portland State University has secured a five-year grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation for transportation research, education and outreach. Portla..
Efficiency of insect biodiversity monitoring via Malaise trap samples and DNA barcoding
Credit: Bernhard Huber The massive decline of over 75% insect biomass reported from Germany between 1989 and 2013 by expert citizen scientists proves the urgent...
