Into a competitive world, guppies are born not just bigger, but more mature
Credit: Terry Dial PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Throughout nature, moms engage in a trade-off: Churn out a bevy of offspring and hope for the best, or...
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Scientists challenge next-generation sequencing dogma
Credit: ©M. Lemke Next-generation sequencing--the ability to sequence millions or billions of small fragments of DNA in parallel--has revolutionized the biological sciences, playing an essential...
Taboo around vaginal bleeding endangers women’s health
July 31, 2017 -- The culture of silence around vaginal bleeding at all stages of life endangers women's health and is compounded by limited access...
Scientists discover biomarkers which could lead to better treatments for CF patients
Credit: JD Howell, McMaster University Researchers have identified two new biological markers of cystic fibrosis (CF), a genetic disease which affects children and young adults,...
WSU study shows muted stress response linked to long-term cannabis use
Credit: WSU A new study by Washington State University psychology researchers reveals a dampened physiological response to stress in chronic cannabis users. Using a nationally...
‘Invasive’ species have been around much longer than believed
Credit: Jennifer Fitchett and Louis Scott The DST-NRF Centre of Excellence for Palaeoscience funded researchers based in the School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies...
The new yellow sea snake assumes an unusual ambush posture
Credit: Brooke L. Bessesen Carrying its petite frame and all-yellow skin, the recently scrutinized sea snake populations from Golfo Dulce, Costa Rica, already seem different...
Scientists map the distribution of antimicrobial resistance across Chinese major cities
Credit: Image by AN Xinli Global emergence of antimicrobial resistance threatens therapies that combat infections by bacterial pathogens. Resistance genes detected in city sewage may...
Aardvarks’ fate points to worrying consequences for wildlife, due to climate change
Credit: Wits University The aardvark, a highlight for anyone on a game-viewing African safari, will become increasingly rare as the world warms and dries, and...
Toward a better sweat test for babies with cystic fibrosis
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an incurable genetic disease in which patients have chronic lung infections. The sooner CF is diagnosed, the better the symptoms can...
Scientists discover biomarkers which could lead to better treatments for CF pat
Credit: JD Howell, McMaster University Researchers have identified two new biological markers of cystic fibrosis (CF), a genetic disease which affects children and young adults,...
Geologist offers new clues to cause of world’s greatest extinction
A study by a researcher in the Syracuse University College of Arts and Sciences offers new clues to what may have triggered the world's most...
Exercise incentives do little to spur gym-going, study shows
Credit: CWRU Even among people who had just joined a gym and expected to visit regularly, getting paid to exercise did little to make their...
Nature provides a key to repelling liquids
Credit: Reproduced with permission from ref 1.© 2017 American Chemical Society Inspired by nature, an inexpensive green technique that enables common materials to repel liquid...
P-values, hypotheses and inference … new appraoches to reproducibility at JSM 2017
BALTIMORE, Md. (July 30, 2017) - Amid the increased quantification of scientific research and a proliferation of large, complex data sets expanding the scope for...
