New catalyst paves way for carbon neutral fuel
Australian scientists have paved the way for carbon neutral fuel with the development of a new efficient catalyst that converts carbon dioxide (CO2) from the...
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Wild monkeys use loud calls to assess the relative strength of rivals
ANN ARBOR--Gelada males--a close relative to baboons--pay attention to the loud calls of a rival to gain information about his relative fighting ability compared to...
Spanish researchers review the state-of-the-art text mining technologies for chemistry
In a recent Chemical Reviews article, the Biological Text Mining Unit at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) together with with researchers at the...
Molecular test for common causes of vaginitis receives FDA approval
Johns Hopkins researchers report that a molecular diagnostic test accurately distinguishes among the three most common causes of vaginitis, an inflammation of vaginal tissue they...
New 3-D display takes the eye fatigue out of virtual reality
Credit: Liang Gao, from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign WASHINGTON -- There is a great deal of excitement around virtual reality (VR) headsets that...
Provider’s preference for pain therapy can affect patient’s results, UF researchers find
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- A health care provider's beliefs about a particular treatment may have a strong influence on the patient's outcome, according to a new...
The world’s largest canary
Biologists at Lund University, together with their colleagues from Portugal and the UK, have now proven that the endangered São Tomé grosbeak is the world's...
Hot summer frequents Europe-west Asia and northeast Asia after the mid-1990s
Credit: Xiaowei Hong After the mid-1990s, the global surface temperature presents a significant warming trend. According to the World Meteorological Organization, the global mean surface...
Domestication genetics: The career of the cosmopolitan cat
A new study shows that modern domestic cats are ultimately derived from the African wildcat, which was domesticated in two centers -- Egypt and the...
Drip by drip
This might considerably speed up crystal growth that is of major importance in a number of materials and applications. The liquid state of the building...
Late premature birth increases risk of recurrent hospitalization for respiratory illness
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 21, 2017--A new study of children up to 2 years of age showed that those...
UTMB researchers shed new light on a key player in brain development
GALVESTON, Texas - Researchers at The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston have shed light on how the developing brain ensures that connections between...
New clues in puzzle over pre-eclampsia and cholesterol regulation
Scientists studying a mystery link between the dangerous pregnancy complication pre-eclampsia and an increased risk of heart disease in later life for both mother and...
Sarepta Therapeutics and Genethon announce gene therapy research collaboration for Duchenne muscula
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and EVRY, France, June 21, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:SRPT), a U.S. commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and...
Active 24/7 and doing great
Credit: Photo: Gunnar Bartsch Forager honeybees have a demanding job: Searching for nectar, honeydew and pollen, they permanently commute between beehive and flower meadow. Their...
