Science news presents The SN 10: Scientists to Watch
Credit: Illustration Credit: Sam Falconer WASHINGTON, DC, Oct. 4, 2017 - Why aren't more scientists household names? For the third year in a row, Science...
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Test reveals antibiotic-resistant bacteria in a half hour
Credit: Caltech The discovery of antibiotics in the early part of the 20th century changed modern medicine. Simple infections that previously killed people became easy...
Research rethinks the evolutionary importance of variability in a population
Credit: creative commons It's been long thought that variability within a population is key to population's growth and survival but new research questions that assumption....
Resistance training prevents age-related tendon damage
A study published online in The FASEB Journal suggests that resistance training may prevent age-related tendon problems, such as ruptures and tendinopathies. In the report,...
New approach may hold the key to treating antibiotic-resistant bacteria
A new study published online in The FASEB Journal highlights the therapeutic potential of a simple chemical mimic of host defense peptides (C10OOc12O) to cure...
Albatross feces show diet of fishery discards
Albatross feed on several fish species that are not easy for the birds to access in nature, but which are caught by commercial fisheries, finds...
Professor Kenneth Leung awarded the Biwako Prize for Ecology by the Ecological Society of Japan
Credit: The University of Hong Kong Professor Kenneth Mei Yee LEUNG of the Swire Institute of Marine Science and School of Biological Sciences of the...
Can census data better predict lead exposure in children?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, Oct. 4, 2017--Researchers have developed a computational model based on available childhood blood-lead level records and...
Plants become more tolerant when living in symbiosis with fungi
Credit: Cornelia Spetea Wiklund, University of Gothenburg By developing a symbiotic relationship with fungi, plants not only become more tolerant to diseases but can also...
The vitamin ergothioneine: an antioxidant for oxygen-free areas?
Chemists at the University of Basel have been able to show for the first time that anaerobic bacteria can produce the vitamin ergothioneine in the...
University of Guelph researchers discover why females have heart health advantage
It's long been known that heart disease develops later in women than men. But the biological reasons why females have a heart health advantage were...
Meet Madagascar’s oldest animal lineage, a whirligig beetle with 206-million-year-old origins
Credit: Grey Gustafson | KU News Service LAWRENCE -- There are precious few species today in the biodiversity hotspot of Madagascar that scientists can trace...
Hurricane exposes and washes away thousands of sea turtle nests
Credit: G. Stahelin, Univeristy of Central Florida Hurricane Irma took a devastating toll on incubating sea turtle nests in the Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge,...
Study investigates the presence of contaminants on drinking water
(Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo) Comparative analysis between sanitation systems in Brazil and the USA shows the need to apply...
LSU Health New Orelans joins national Precision Medicine research database effort
Credit: LSU Health New Orleans New Orleans, LA - LSU Health New Orleans' Precision Medicine team will participate in the National Institutes of Health's All...
