Dinosaurs’ loss was frogs’ gain: The upside of a mass extinction
Credit: Image courtesy of Peng Zhang, Sun Yat-Sen University. Most of the frogs alive today owe a big thank you to the asteroid or comet...
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Seeing the colored light: Bee brains open way for better cameras
Credit: Adrian Dyer, RMIT New research into the way that honeybees see colour could pave the way for more accurate cameras in phones, drones and...
Extinction event that wiped out dinosaurs cleared way for frogs
Credit: Brian Freiermuth GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- The mass extinction that obliterated three-fourths of life on Earth, including non-avian dinosaurs, set the stage for the swift...
Greater understanding of plant hormone results in stem cells that grow shoots
HANOVER, N.H. - July 3, 2017 - Researchers at Dartmouth College have identified how a well-known plant hormone targets genes to regulate plant growth and...
Temple researchers identify novel mechanism underlying efficacy of common heart failure drug
Credit: Temple Health (Philadelphia, PA) - Beta-blocker drugs serve a key role in the treatment of heart failure, preventing bombardment of the heart by catecholamines...
Tilted microscopy technique better reveals protein structures
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA -- (July 3, 2017) The conventional way of placing protein samples under an electron microscope during cryo-EM experiments may fall...
Flipping the switch on height variation
If you're taller than average and worried about what that means for your risk of arthritis later in life, Terence Capellini and David Kingsley may...
CF patients and physicians use shared decision-making tool to determine regimens
CINCINNATI--Physician-researchers at the University of Cincinnati have developed a computerized decision-making model to promote shared decision-making with cystic fibrosis patients. The tool takes in..
UTA’s Kyle O’Connell receives prestigious NSF doctoral dissertation grant
Credit: UTA Kyle O'Connell, a fifth-year Ph.D. student in biology, was selected to receive funds from the National Science Foundation's Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grants program,...
School’s in for asthma medication adherence
Credit: Children's National Health System Doctors and researchers have long known that the level of stress patients experience is inversely linked to how adherent they...
Decreasing height, increasing arthritis risk evolutionarily advantageous for humans
A single genetic change linked both to a reduction in human height and an increase in osteoarthritis risk might seem like it would quickly be...
Differences in US infant mortality rates among black and white babies
A new research letter published by JAMA Pediatrics examined trends in overall and cause-specific infant mortality rates between non-Hispanic black and white infants because infant...
Research examines how insect outbreaks affect forests and bats
Credit: Credit-Simon Thorn-Animal Conservation- b_barbastellus (2).jpg New research indicates that bark beetle outbreaks in forests create several new roosting and foraging possibilities for the pro..
Greening the city — a measurement for a mindful environment
Scientists at the University of Bradford have developed the world's first Tranquillity Rating Prediction Tool (TRAPT), a scientific process for measuring how relaxing urban environments...
Study: World Heritage Convention can play critical role in protecting wilderness
NEW YORK (July 3, 2017) - A new WCS and University of Queensland (UQ)-led study urges the UNESCO World Heritage Convention to better conserve wilderness...
