Surprising discovery — how the African tsetse fly really drinks your blood
Credit: University of Bristol Researchers at the University of Bristol have been taking a close-up look at the biting mouthparts of the African tsetse fly...
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Hope to discover sure signs of life on Mars? New research says look for the element vanadium
Credit: KU News Service LAWRENCE -- The search for biology on neighbor planet Mars won't play out like a Hollywood movie starring little green men....
UTSA puts stake in the ground in battle against brain disease
Making a bold commitment to develop groundbreaking approaches for treating brain diseases and injuries, The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) has assembled a...
Drug combination may improve impact of immunotherapy in head and neck cancer
Credit: UC San Diego Health Checkpoint inhibitor-based immunotherapy has been shown to be very effective in recurrent and metastatic head and neck cancer but only...
Flu vaccine used in elderly may benefit middle-aged adults with chronic conditions
PITTSBURGH, Sept. 21, 2017 - Expanding the high-dose influenza vaccine recommendation to include middle-aged adults with chronic health conditions may make economic sense and save...
Dino-killing asteroid’s impact on bird evolution
Credit: Cornell Lab of Ornithology ITHACA, N.Y. - Human activities could change the pace of evolution, similar to what occurred 66 million years ago when...
Broad swath of US deemed environmentally suitable for mosquitoes that transmit disease
Credit: CDC/Journal of Medical Entomology Annapolis, MD; September 21, 2017--Three-quarters of counties in the contiguous United States present suitable environmental conditions for at least part...
Big herbivorous dinosaurs ate crustaceans as a side dish, says CU Boulder study
Credit: University of Colorado Some big plant-eating dinosaurs roaming present-day Utah some 75 million years ago were slurping up crustaceans on the side, a behavior...
Going diving in the tropics? Don’t eat the reef fish!
Credit: Colette Wabnitz Reducing tourist consumption of reef fish is critical for Palau's ocean sustainability, finds a new UBC study that suggests other small island...
Heat-loving Australian ants believe in diversity, hint 74 species new to science
Credit: Dr. Brian Heterick The 'furnace ants' or 'honeypot ants' present a very large genus of ants, Melophorus, confined to Australia. Long believed to be...
Football helmet smartfoam signals potential concussions in real time
Credit: BYU Photo Most football fans have seen players get hit so hard they can barely walk back to the sideline. All too often, those...
Obese dogs helped by ‘effective’ weight loss trials
On average overweight dogs lose an average of 11% of their bodyweight when enrolled on a weight loss trial according to researchers who have conducted...
Researchers set time limit for ultrafast perovskite solar cells
Researchers have quantified the astonishingly high speeds at which future solar cells would have to operate in order to stretch what are presently seen as...
Lightning-fast trappers
Credit: Flower images: Andreas Fleischmann, Trap images: Plant Biomechanics Group Freiburg Bladderworts (Utricularia spp. Lentibulariaceae) are plants with many superlatives: They belong to the most..
CWRU researcher wins $5.5 million federal grant to develop bio-inspired materials
Credit: Case Western Reserve University CLEVELAND--With a new $5.5 million, five-year federal grant, a Case Western Reserve University researcher is leading an international team to...
