Komodo dragons help researchers understand microbial health in captive animals
Credit: Argonne National Laboratory Humans and Komodo dragons, the largest lizards in the world, could not be more different. In the wild, these four-legged carnivores...
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Huntington’s disease affects muscle as well as neurons, study reveals
Credit: Miranda et al., 2017 Researchers have discovered that mice with Huntington's disease (HD) suffer defects in muscle maturation that may explain some symptoms of...
Management of feral horses an ongoing challenge in the United States
Philadelphia, PA, November 29, 2016 - Feral horses are free-ranging descendants of once-domesticated horses. All free-ranging horses in North America are feral horses, and between...
Study says salt marshes have limited ability to absorb excess nitrogen
Credit: Photo by DS Johnson/VIMS. Add fertilizer to your garden and your plants will probably grow bigger and taller. Add fertilizer to a salt marsh...
A molecular switch between life, sex and death
Credit: Copyright: Florian Raible, University of Vienna All organisms need energy, but sources of energy such as food are usually available in limited quantities. Animals...
Kew supports Mexico in race against time to protect incredible biodiversity
One of the world's leading botanical science research institutions, the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, is celebrating 15 years of partnerships aimed at protecting Mexico's biodiversity...
WDS DSA announce unified requirements for Core Trustworthy Data Repositories certification
Credit: DSA and WDS Tokyo, Japan and The Hague, Netherlands - 25 November 2016 - The ICSU World Data System (WDS) and the Data Seal...
Walking faster after stroke, managing chemobrain after cancer
Courage Kenny Rehabilitation Institute researchers recently presented results from two studies at the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine. The annual conference is an expansive educational...
NIJ grant to develop investigative tool for counterfeit bills
Credit: Harriet McHale/SHSU HUNTSVILLE, TX (11-29-16) -- Patrick Buzzini of Sam Houston State University received a National Institute of Justice grant to develop chemical signatures...
Enhanced CRISPR lets scientists explore all steps of health and disease in every cell type
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and University of Cambridge researchers have created sOPTiKO, a more efficient and controllable CRISPR genome editing platform. Today, in the journal...
A new record at BESSY II: 10 million ions cooled for the first time to 7.4 K
Credit: T. Lau/HZB Previously it was only possible to cool down about one thousand ions to 7.5 K using buffer gas. However, a thousand ions...
Brain pattern flexibility and behavior
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (November 16, 2016)--Your brain is never really at rest. Neither is it in chaos. Even when not engaged in some task, the...
Daily reminders to increase calcium intake are effective
Credit: UBC UBC researchers have demonstrated that simple, cost-effective email messages can help improve the health habits of Canadians. Mary Jung, an assistant professor of...
Researchers develop novel wound-healing technology
Credit: Washington State University PULLMAN, Wash - A WSU research team has successfully used a mild electric current to take on and beat drug-resistant bacterial...
Oil recycled from discarded tires gives a cleaner diesel blend
QUT's Professor Richard Brown and PhD student Farhad Hossain tested the oil's emissions and output at QUT's Biofuel Engine Research Facility. Professor Brown said that...
