Nomads no more, leatherback turtles find permanent coastal home
Credit: Nathan Robinson, Cornell University ITHACA, N.Y. - Endangered leatherback sea turtles are known for their open-ocean migratory nature and nomadic foraging habits - traveling...
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Controlling gene activity in human development
Researchers at the Babraham Institute have revealed a new understanding of the molecular switches that control gene activity in human embryonic stem cells. This insight...
Mount Sinai establishes 3-D printing services for clinicians and researchers
Credit: Mount Sinai Health System Mount Sinai Health System today announced the creation of the Medical Modeling Core, a collaboration led by the Department of...
An amino acid controls plants’ breath
Credit: IBS Plants breathe and "sweat" through stomata, microscopic pores found on leaves, stems and other plant organs. Through the stomata, plants take up carbon...
What makes a neuron a neuron?
RIVERSIDE, Calif. - It remains unclear to scientists why almost every RNA-binding protein has a sibling - or "paralog." While such sibling proteins have the...
Side effects of leukemia drug can be safely reduced by halving dose
Patients with a chronic type of leukaemia could safely reduce the side effects of life-long treatment by cutting their dose in half, according to the...
How to turn white fat brown
Credit: The laboratory of Zoltan Arany, MD, PhD, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania PHILADELPHIA-- A signaling pathway in fat cells may one day...
Unique strain of lactic acid bacteria in Buryat milk is found
Credit: Lidia Stoyanova Scientists from the Microbiology Department of the Faculty of Biology of the Lomonosov Moscow State University have discovered a new strain of...
Assassins on the rise: A new species and a new tribe of endemic South African robber flies
Credit: Torsten Dikow Discovery of a new species of assassin flies led to the redescription of its genus. This group of curious predatory flies live...
Iowa State scientist uses clam shells to help build 1,000-year record of ocean climate
Credit: Bob Elbert/Iowa State University AMES, Iowa - Alan Wanamaker, working as a postdoctoral researcher from 2007 to 2009, was charged with beginning to compile...
Uterine microbiota play a key role in implantation and pregnancy success in in vitro fertilization
Philadelphia, PA, December 6, 2016 - Endometrial microbiota (bacteria in the uterine cavity) play an important role in determining whether women are able to get...
Hispanic adults with diabetes could benefit from peer support interventions
Credit: MU Health COLUMBIA, Mo. (Dec. 6, 2016) -- Diabetes is a global health problem that disproportionally affects individuals of ethnic and racial minorities. Minorities...
Global habitat loss still rampant across much of the Earth
Credit: Courtesy of WCS NEW YORK (December 6, 2016) - As 196 signatory nations of the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD) meet this week in...
Top in US Chamber of Commerce’s BusinessH2O Summit, Dec. 12, in Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS...December 6, 2016--Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) is partnering with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on the first joint Israel/U.S. water conference, BusinessH2O...
High renewable electricity growth continued in 2015
The 2015 Renewable Energy Data Book shows that U.S. renewable electricity grew to 16.7 percent of total installed capacity and 13.8 percent of total electricity...
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