Fish cooperate for selfish reasons
In an article published yesterday in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution John Fitzpatrick, a lecturer at Stockholm University, and his colleagues show self interest...
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Shale gas threat to forests can be eased by consolidating infrastructure
Credit: Lillie Langlois, Penn State Fragmentation of ecologically important core forests within the northern Appalachians -- driven by pipeline and access road construction -- is...
Undocumented, would-be scientists face uncertain future in US
Scores of undocumented immigrant youth in the U.S. who are pursuing careers in the chemical sciences and related fields face an uncertain future in this...
Degradable electronic components created from corn starch
As consumers upgrade their gadgets at an increasing pace, the amount of electronic waste we generate continues to mount. To help combat this environmental problem,...
Study on mice demonstrates the action of strawberries against breast cancer
Credit: M. Battino et al. A study by European and Latin American researchers has shown that strawberry extract can inhibit the spread of laboratory-grown breast...
Focused ultrasound named one of 2016’s top clinical research achievements
Credit: UVA Health System The University of Virginia Health System's pioneering use of focused sound waves to treat essential tremor, the most common movement disorder,...
Singapore scientists provide new insights on how cancers evade the immune system
A team of scientists from Singapore has discovered new ways in which cancers can escape the body's immune system. Focusing on gastric cancer (GC), the...
Noninvasive imaging test shown accurate in ruling out kidney cancers
The latest in a series of studies led by researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine shows that addition of a widely available, noninvasive imaging test called...
MD Anderson and Lion Biotechnologies announce strategic alliance to conduct clinical trials of TILs
HOUSTON and SAN CARLOS, Calif. - The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Lion Biotechnologies, Inc., a biotechnology company developing novel cancer immunotherapies...
Gunshot injuries occur primarily in Miami-Dade’s poor, black neighborhoods
Credit: University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Gunshot wound injuries in Miami-Dade County are clustered in predominantly poor, black neighborhoods, according to a new...
Sharon C. Glotzer wins 2017 MRS Communications Lecture Award
The 2017 MRS Communications Lecture recognizes excellence in the field of materials research through work published in MRS Communications. It is intended to honor the...
New study explains extraordinary resilience of deadly bacterium
Credit: Çetiner et al., 2017 Researchers at the University of Maryland have identified how the pathogenic bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa uses tension-activated membrane channels to stop...
Making oil from algae — towards more efficient biofuels
Credit: Kobe University The mechanism behind oil synthesis within microalgae cells has been revealed by a Japanese research team. This discovery could contribute to the...
A better life in the outback
Desert lands cover about a quarter of the Earth's land mass and are home to some half a billion people and yet they are commonly...
Media registration for Starmus Science Festival in Norway now open
Media registration is now open for the Starmus Science and Music Festival, a seven-day event from June 18-23 in Trondheim, Norway. Journalists who would like...
