Researchers track fish migration by testing DNA in seawater
A bucket of seawater contains more than meets the eye -- it's chock-full of fish DNA. Scientists are now putting that DNA to good use...
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Melatonin may protect the small intestine from oral radiation treatment in rats
Credit: Fernández-Gil et al (2017) Oral melatonin can protect the small intestine in rats subjected to radiotherapy of the tongue, according to a study published...
Researchers release first chemical map of dyes from historic dye library
Credit: NC State University Researchers from North Carolina State University have released the first chemical "map" of dyes from the Max A. Weaver Dye Library,...
Don Lincoln Wins 2017 Gemant Award from AIP
Credit: Lincoln Washington, D.C., April 12, 2017 -- Particle physicist Don Lincoln is the winner of the 2017 Andrew Gemant Award, an annual prize recognizing...
Naked DNA in water tells if fish have arrived
Credit: Photo credits: (New York State Department of Environmental Conservation: alewife (herring species), striped bass, American eel, mummichog; Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game: black...
Common factor links neurodegenerative disease in young and old
Credit: Gladstone Institutes, Chris Goodfellow Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), identified a common mechanism in two forms...
Study finds Pokemon Go players are happier, friendlier
MADISON, Wis. -- Pokemon Go people are happy people. That's the finding of media researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison who leapt to study the...
New 3-D printing method creates shape-shifting objects
Credit: Rob Felt A team of researchers from Georgia Institute of Technology and two other institutions has developed a new 3-D printing method to create...
Targeting blood vessels to improve cancer immunotherapy
Credit: Credit: Ella Maru Studio (free to use with credit) EPFL scientists have improved the efficacy of cancer immunotherapy by blocking two proteins that regulate...
New method for 3-D printing extraterrestrial materials
When humans begin to colonize the moon and Mars, they will need to be able to make everything from small tools to large buildings using...
A big-picture look at the world’s worst Ebola epidemic
SEATTLE - April 12, 2017 - An international effort to analyze the entire database of Ebola virus genomes from the 2013-2016 West African epidemic reveals...
A simple sniff
Loading video... Credit: Washington University in St. Louis Delivering life-saving drugs directly to the brain in a safe and effective way is a challenge for...
On-the-range detection technology could corral bovine TB
LOS ALAMOS, N.M., April 12, 2017--A research breakthrough allowing the first direct, empirical, blood-based, cow-side test for diagnosing bovine tuberculosis (TB) could spare ranchers and...
New lettuce genome assembly offers clues to success of huge plant family
Credit: Gregory Urquiaga/UC Davis Today (April 12), UC Davis researchers announced in Nature Communications that they have unlocked a treasure-trove of genetic information about lettuce...
Prescribed fires consume Kansas landscape
Credit: NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz LANCE/EOSDIS MODIS Rapid Response Team, GSFC. Caption by Lynn Jenner Most if not all the fires in this image...
