Movement of rainforest butterflies restricted by oil palm plantations
Scientists at the University of York have found that oil palm plantations, which produce oil for commercial use in cooking, food products, and cosmetics, may...
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The transgender ‘bathroom bill’: Who wants it — men or women?
Most women are not bothered much about the fact that they might at times share public bathrooms designated for females with transgender* women who were...
Studies of one of the world’s rarest birds, the Rufous-headed Robin
Credit: Photo: Pete Morris Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing and Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden have put together all known information about...
UVA discovers powerful defenders of the brain — with big implications for disease
Credit: Sachin Gadani | University of Virginia School of Medicine UVA researchers discover an influential type of immune cell in the membranes around the brain;...
Fuel cells with PFIA-membranes
Credit: Heike Cords/HZB Fuel cells convert chemical energy of fuels such as hydrogen into electricity. The technology is highly efficient and quite clean - with...
Researchers model the way into a nuclear future
Credit: MIPT Press Office Physicists from MIPT and the Joint Institute for High Temperatures of the Russian Academy of Sciences described the mobility of line...
Scientists replace piece of gene mutated in Duchenne muscular dystrophy in effort to make healthy
Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (Dec. 19, 2016) - Scientists are using "gene scissors" to cut off the code of a defective gene that results...
Barramundi populations at risk from acid oceans
Credit: Jennifer Pistevos, University of Adelaide Wild barramundi populations are likely to be at risk under ocean acidification, a new University of Adelaide study has...
Detection system reads biomolecules in barcoded microgels
Credit: Dannhauser et al. WASHINGTON, D.C., December 19, 2016 -- Single-stranded, noncoding micro-ribonucleic acids (microRNAs), consisting of 18-23 nucleotides, play a key role in regulating...
Bisphenol A in canned dog food may increase BPA concentrations in pets
Credit: Cheryl Rosenfeld COLUMBIA, Mo. - Bisphenol A (BPA) is a widely used industrial chemical found in many household items, including resins used to line...
Penn immunotherapy pioneer elected to National Academy of Inventors
Credit: Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania PHILADELPHIA-- Yvonne J. Paterson, PhD, a professor of Microbiology in the Perelman School of Medicine at the...
KU Leuven awards joint honorary doctorate to James P. Allison and Carl H. June
As part of its Patron Saint's Day celebrations, KU Leuven (Belgium) will award a joint honorary doctorate to immunologists James P. Allison (University of Texas)...
Topical treatment activates immune system to clear precancerous skin lesions
Credit: Shadmehr Demehri, MD, PhD, MGH Center for Cancer Immunology and Cutaneous Biology Research Center A combination of two FDA-approved drugs - a topical chemotherapy...
Earliest evidence discovered of plants cooked in ancient pottery
A team of international scientists, led by the University of Bristol, has uncovered the earliest direct evidence of humans processing plants for food found anywhere...
180-million-year-old rocks lend insight into Earth’s most powerful earthquakes
The raggedness of the ocean floors could be the key to triggering some of the Earth's most powerful earthquakes, scientists from Cardiff University have discovered....
