Credit: Mark R. McNeill Contaminated soil frequently arrives at the borders through transported items, and is widely recognised as a vector for non-native species, potentially...
Blood vessels examined in 3D allow scientists to examine circulation in the brain giving greater understanding of how dementia, brain cancer and stroke may affect...
Credit: Public Health Ontario and the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences People who live close to high-traffic roadways face a higher risk of developing dementia...
BOSTON, MA USA (January 4, 2017) - How humpback whales use marine habitats off the eastern coast of Africa is only partially understood, and that...
Credit: David Ayers/USGS Eelgrass, a marine plant crucial to the success of migrating juvenile salmon and spawning Pacific herring, is stable and flourishing in Puget...
Credit: York University News TORONTO, January 4, 2017 - Using a model similar to what meteorologists use to forecast weather on Earth and a computer...
Credit: American College of Emergency Physicians WASHINGTON -- A 6-year-old child who accidentally swallowed liquid nicotine intended for her parents' electronic cigarettes required immediate e..
Type IV pili, essential for many pathogens to cause disease, are hair-like appendages that grow out of and are retracted back into bacteria cells, enabling...
London -- Researchers from the University of Cincinnati, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Selventa, Inc., are being recognized by the PETA International Science Consortium Ltd....
Credit: Zach Veilleux/The Rockefeller University Some microbes can form memories--although, inconveniently for scientists who study the process, they don't do it very often. Rockefeller Univ..
Credit: SMU A new catalyst for breaking the tough molecular bond between carbon and hydrogen holds the promise of a cleaner, easier and cheaper way...
Credit: Jian Yang, Yixue Su, Penn State Some researchers are working to discover new, safer ways to deliver cancer-fighting drugs to tumors without damaging healthy...
Washington, DC - January 4, 2017 - Researchers at the University of Montreal, in Canada, have characterized the gut microbiome of the Canadian Arctic Inuit...
Credit: Theo Crazzolara, Flickr Two potential biofuel crops in Hawaii--sugarcane and napiergrass--may sequester more carbon in soil than is lost to the atmosphere, according to...
Credit: Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- Duke University biomedical engineers have used computers to "evolve" more effective patterns of electric shocks delivered deep within the...
