JCU scientists find scorpions target their venom
Dr Jamie Seymour from JCU's Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine (AITHM) said a typical scorpion predator would be a small mammal, while its...
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Can you hear me now? Ensuring good cellular connections in the brain
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA -- (Oct. 11, 2017) To have a good phone conversation, you need a good cellular connection. What's true for mobile...
Pumas found to exhibit behaviors like social animals
Jackson, Wyoming -- Pumas, long known as solitary carnivores, are more social than previously thought, according to a new Panthera study published in the peer-reviewed...
‘Ridiculously healthy’ elderly have the same gut microbiome as healthy 30-year-olds
Credit: Schulich Medicine & Dentistry, Western University In one of the largest microbiota studies conducted in humans, researchers at Western University, Lawson Health Research Institute...
TSRI chemists use modified DNA nucleotides to create new materials
Credit: Courtesy Romesberg Lab LA JOLLA, CA - Oct. 11, 2017 - DNA evolved to store genetic information, but in principle this special, chain-like molecule...
‘Killer’ toothaches likely cause misery for captive orca
Credit: Supplied An international research team has undertaken the first in-depth investigation of the teeth of captive orca (killer whales) and have found them a...
Study exposes the dark side of coffee cultivation in Uganda
Credit: Kate Cassidy, Lehigh University New research led by Kelly Austin, associate professor of sociology at Lehigh, explores unequal exchange in the coffee industry. She...
Researchers create map of the gut’s microbial landscape
Cambridge, MA - Oct. 10, 2017 - A collaborative effort by a team of researchers from three institutions including the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) in...
An engineer’s guide to the embryo
Credit: MechMorpho Lab/Lance Davidson PITTSBURGH (Oct. 11, 2017) ... In roughly 48 hours, the single cell of the fertilized frog egg will undergo dramatic change...
Fever in early pregnancy linked to birth defects, animal study shows
Credit: Liu, et al. Fevers in a mother's first trimester of pregnancy increase the baby's risk for some heart defects and facial deformities such as...
Study casts doubt on warming implications of brown carbon aerosol from wildfires
Credit: Washington University in St. Louis As devastating wildfires continue to rage in the western U.S. and Canada, a team of environmental engineers at Washington...
UTA researcher earns grant to develop gas sensor to detect lung cancer from breath
Credit: UT Arlington Current methods of detecting lung cancer consist of imaging methods and invasive biopsies, which can be stressful and painful for patients. Yuze...
NIFA invests in research to help boost organic farming, ranching
WASHINGTON, D.C. Oct. 11, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced grants to help farmers...
Engineers identify key to albatross’ marathon flight
The albatross is one of the most efficient travelers in the animal world. One species, the wandering albatross, can fly nearly 500 miles in a...
Unraveling the genetics of disc disease in dogs
Credit: Katy Robertson Since the early 1900s, veterinarians have observed intervertebral disc disease -- a common cause of back pain, rear limb paralysis and inability...
