UTA student receives NSF grant for research into ecological drivers of eye, brain size
Credit: UTA Shannon Beston, a third-year Ph.D. student in biology at the University of Texas at Arlington, was selected to receive funds from the National...
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Thought Antarctica’s biodiversity was doing well? Think again
Twenty-three experts involved in the study "Antarctica and the strategic plan for biodiversity," recently published in PLoS Biology, debunked the popular view that Antarctica and...
Managing disease spread through accessible modeling
Credit: LANL LOS ALAMOS, N.M., April 24, 2017-- A new computer modeling study from Los Alamos National Laboratory is aimed at making epidemiological models more...
NASA examines newly formed Tropical Depression 3W in 3-D
Loading video... Credit: Credits: NASA/JAXA, Hal Pierce Tropical Depression 03W formed in the Pacific Ocean west of Guam on April 24, 2017, and data from...
Prostate cancer patients would pay $2,000 for more accurate biopsies, Loyola study finds
MAYWOOD, IL - Prostate cancer patients are willing to pay up to $2,000 of their own money for a new high-tech biopsy technique that significantly...
What’s coming next? Scientists identify how the brain predicts speech
Credit: Dr Y. Kikuchi et al. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.2000219 An international collaboration of neuroscientists has shed light on how the brain helps us to predict what is...
Gut bacteria tell the brain what animals should eat
Credit: Gil Costa Neuroscientists have, for the first time, shown that gut bacteria "speak" to the brain to control food choices in animals. In a...
India’s outsized coal plans would wipe out Paris climate goals
Credit: CoalSwarm.org Irvine, Calif., April 25, 2017 - India will not be able to meet its Paris climate agreement commitments in the coming years if...
New method to ensure reproducibility in computational experiments
Credit: CRG Research reproducibility is crucial to move forward in science. Unfortunately, and according to recent studies and surveys*, the number of irreproducible experiments is...
Religious people more likely to oppose reproductive technologies
Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University As new and more effective human reproductive genetic technologies (RGTs) develop, people of faith are more likely to disapprove of these...
New survey hints at exotic origin for the Cold Spot
Credit: ESA and Durham University A supervoid is unlikely to explain a 'Cold Spot' in the cosmic microwave background, according to the results of a...
India’s coal plant plans conflict with climate commitments
WASHINGTON, DC -- India will not be able to meet its Paris climate agreement commitments in the coming years if it carries through with plans...
Environmental enrichment triggers mouse wound repair response
Loading video... Credit: Melinda L. Angus-Hill Living in a stimulating environment has a wide range of health benefits in humans and has even been shown...
‘Cyclops’ algorithm spots daily rhythms in cells
PHILADELPHIA--Humans, like virtually all other complex organisms on Earth, have adapted to their planet's 24-hour cycle of sunlight and darkness. That circadian rhythm is reflected...
Higher costs for complex cancer surgery indicator for worse care
HOUSTON - (April 25, 2017) - Higher costs for complex cancer surgery may be an indicator for worse -- rather than better -- quality of...
