Human health risks from hydroelectric projects
Credit: Prentiss Balcom (Harvard SEAS) In a new study, Harvard University researchers find over 90 percent of potential new Canadian hydroelectric projects are likely to...
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Who has the better memory — men or women?
CLEVELAND, Ohio (November 9, 2016)--In the battle of the sexes, women have long claimed that they can remember things better and longer than men can....
More women sexually active into old age
CLEVELAND, Ohio (Nov. 9, 2016)--Although many of us don't want to think about grandma still "getting it on," multiple studies show that older women are...
New study: Male chimpanzees can be players and good fathers
Credit: Joel Bray, Arizona State University WASHINGTON (Nov. 8, 2016)--New research suggests that male chimpanzees are more invested in protecting their own offspring than previously...
Changing views of evolutionary factors at work on earliest mammals
Credit: UMass Amherst/Andrew Conith AMHERST, Mass. - Using 3D-printed replicas of 200-million-year-old mammal teeth and polymers that mimic insect prey, scientists at the University of...
First month after infection is key time to tackle drug-related HIV spread
Data from post-Soviet AIDS epidemic shows first month after infection is key point to tackle drug-related HIV spread Data from the mid-1990s AIDS epidemic in...
Marker for aggressive prostate cancer doubles up as a drug target
RESEARCHERS have discovered that a marker found on aggressive prostate cancer cells could also be used as a way to guide treatments to the cancer,...
Researcher finds key to drug resistant bowel cancer
BLOCKING a molecule could bypass bowel cancer's defence against the drug cetuximab, according to new research* presented at the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) Cancer...
Female chimpanzees employ babysitters to wean young faster
Credit: Iulia Badescu TORONTO, ON - A babysitter can make a big difference in a parent's life. For wild chimps in Uganda, it may even...
NYU research examines country and health system factors on RN and MD personnel production
A key component to achieving good patient outcomes in the healthcare world is having the right number and type of healthcare professionals with the right...
Farris Foundation donates $1.1 million to fund TSRI Graduate Fellowship in Florida
JUPITER, FL, November 8, 2016 - The Celia Lipton Farris and Victor W. Farris Foundation has made a $1.135 million gift to The Scripps Research...
Dr. Barbara Stonestreet receives additional funding to evaluate treatment strategies for perinatal brain injury
Barbara Stonestreet, MD, a neonatal-perinatal specialist at Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, a Care New England hospital, and professor of pediatrics at The...
Early exposure to excess hormone causes genital defects in females
University of Florida researchers have identified cells targeted by a male hormone and found that an excess of that hormone at a specific time can...
UMass Amherst Environmental Health researcher honored for ‘irritating’ science
Credit: courtesy Pablo Robles, Media Compass Photography AMHERST, Mass. - The Cornell Douglas Foundation, an environmental health and justice advocacy group based in Bethesda, Md.,...
NCI grant funds SMU research into cancer-causing viruses that hide from the immune system
Credit: (SMU Harrod lab) SMU virologist and cancer researcher Robert L. Harrod has been awarded a $436,500 grant from the National Cancer Institute to further...
