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...
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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...
Scientists investigate cancer radiotherapy to make improvements
A University of Rochester Medical Center study shows that when tumors are treated with radiotherapy, the benefits can be hijacked by the treatment's counteraction to...
FAU to receive millions from united states department of transportation
Credit: Florida Atlantic University Whether it's planes, trains or automobiles, the nation's transportation systems are growing rapidly and present a number of challenges related to...
Study: Opioid prescribing declines following release of national guidelines for physicians
Credit: Courtesy of St. Michael's Hospital TORONTO, Dec. 14, 2016--The rate of opioid use in Canada has fallen 13.7 per cent since the publication in...
Southern elephant seals may adjust their diving behavior to stay in prey patches
Credit: Christophe Guinet When southern elephant seals find dense patches of prey, they dive and return to the surface at steeper angles, and are more...
This week from AGU 12/14/2016
American Geophysical Union Dec. 14, 2016 This Week from AGU: Finger-like structures on Mars could harbor potential evidence of past life ** Access a live...
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