Combining techniques provides new insight into bird migration
IMAGE: This barn swallow has been fitted with a geolocator, a device that will record its movements as it migrates to South America. Credit: Woodland...
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Kansas State University agronomist Vara Prasad selected as AAAS fellow
Credit: Kansas State University MANHATTAN, KANSAS — The American Association for the Advancement of Science is honoring Vara Prasad, Kansas State University distinguished professor of...
Thyroid cancer biomarker assays may show inaccurate readings
Protein biomarkers are used to test for cancer before and after surgeries to remove tumors. To test thyroid malignancy, many biomarkers are tested separately to...
World first porous acupuncture needles enhance therapeutic properties
Credit: DGIST A DGIST research team led by Professor Su-Il In, who developed acupuncture needles combined with nanotechnology, was recognized as the world's first application...
Likely new treatment target identified for diabetic retinopathy
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Oct. 9, 2017) – In oxygen-compromising conditions like diabetes, the body grows new blood vessels to...
New tool puts a consistent value on experts’ uncertainty on…
Science can flourish when experts disagree, but in the governmental realm uncertainty can lead to inadequate policy and preparedness. When it comes to climate change,...
Combined count data reveals shifts in hawks’ migratory behavior
Credit: Neil Paprocki, HawkWatch International Bird species' distributions and migratory behavior are shifting in response to changes in climate and land-use, but surveys that focus...
Strange ‘chimeras’ defy science’s understanding of human genetics
Credit: UVA Health System The human genome is far more complex than thought, with genes functioning in an unexpected fashion that scientists have wrongly assumed...
Fitbit-style prosthetics? Navy developing ‘smart’ artificial limbs
Credit: Joseph Xu/Senior Multimedia Content Producer, University of Michigan – College of Engineering ARLINGTON, Va.–Traditional leg prosthetics enable amputees to maintain mobility and lead more...
Discovery of a facile process for H2 production using ammonia as a…
Credit: Oita University Hydrogen (H2) has attracted considerable attention as a clean energy source because the only by-product of its reaction with oxygen is water,...
A stinging report: FSU reserach shows climate change a major threat to…
Credit: Jane Ogilvie TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — New research from a team of Florida State University scientists and their collaborators is helping to explain the link...
Large-scale approach reveals imperfect actor in plant biotechnology
Credit: Steven Lee/Whitehead Institute Cambridge, MA. (Nov. 27) – A research team led by Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research has harnessed metabolomic technologies to unravel...
UTMB researchers protect against lethal Ebola Sudan infection four days after infection
Researchers at The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, in collaboration with Arbutus Biopharma Corporation, have protected nonhuman primates against Ebola Sudan four days...
Otters learn by copying each other
Otters can learn how to solve puzzles by watching and copying each other, new research shows.Scientists created a series of puzzles baited with food, and...
The chem-hiss-try of snake venom (video)
WASHINGTON, April 19, 2016 — We know poisonous snakes are dangerous, but what exactly makes venom so powerful? Evolutionary biology tells us why venom is...
