Loss of 350 miles of Great Plains streams causing changes in aquatic food web
Credit: Photos courtesy of Ryan Waters, Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism. MANHATTAN, KANSAS -- The food web in Great Plains streams could be...
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Hypertensive women may benefit most from drugs that directly block the action of the hormone aldoste
Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (Aug. 2, 2017) - When women are hypertensive their physicians should consider measuring their level of aldosterone, a hormone that...
Natural preservatives on the rise
Beginning this year, Oscar Mayer stopped adding artificial preservatives to their hot dogs. Taking their place is celery juice, a natural source of the preservative...
New NSF grants support studies of viruses and efforts to reduce pharmaceutical costs
Credit: UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE The University of Delaware's K. Eric Wommack, deputy dean in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, will lead a research...
Financial incentives could conserve tropical forest diversity
Credit: Courtesy of Philip Mohebalian COLUMBIA, Mo. - The past few decades have seen the rise of global incentive programs offering payments to landowners to...
Cicada wings may inspire new surface technologies
Credit: Photo courtesy Catherine Dana CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Researchers are looking to insects - specifically cicadas - for insight into the design of artificial surfaces...
Weighing the benefits of incidental habitat protection
Regulations on land use that have been put in place to protect water quality, human lives, and property, may also protect plants and animals, by...
It’s not just what you eat, it’s what’s eating you
Credit: Florida Atlantic University Restricting how much you eat without starving has been shown to robustly extend lifespan in more than 20 species of animals...
Engineers harness the power of 3-D printing to help train surgeons, shorten surgery times
Credit: University of California San Diego A team of engineers and pediatric orthopedic surgeons are using 3D printing to help train surgeons and shorten surgeries...
What flowers looked like 100 million years ago
Credit: Copyright: Hervé Sauquet/Jürg Schönenberger Flowering plants with are by far the most diverse group of plants on Earth. Flowering plants arose only about 140...
Microscopic body snatchers infest our oceans
Credit: Leles et al. New research from Swansea University academics has found that our oceans are full of microscopic 'bodysnatchers' that have a significant impact...
Academy collections aid researchers in revising a mammal branch on tree of life
Credit: © Jabruson/NPL/Minden Pictures SAN FRANCISCO (August 2, 2017)--One small mammal is experiencing a triumphant return to its long-ago spot on the tree of life....
Historical wildlife trends reliable for predicting species at risk
Some of the methods used to predict at risk species are trend-based - an indicator of what happens gradually over time - while others are...
From a memory too strong to a memory too weak
Heidelberg, 2 August 2017 - There is increasing evidence that post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) increases the risk of developing dementia later in life. Researchers at...
Singapore scientists uncover the role of spindle matrix proteins in NSC reactivation
SINGAPORE, 2 August 2017 - A multicentre research team led by Duke-NUS Medical School (Duke-NUS)'s Neuroscience and Behavioural Disorders Programme has uncovered that spindle matrix...
