New ichthyosaur species, long gone, found in a storeroom
Credit: The University of Nottingham A new species of ichthyosaur has been identified from a fossil that has been in the University of Nottingham's engineering...
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Researchers map the illegal use of natural resources in the protected Brazilian Amazon
(PeerJ) New research published in the open access peer-reviewed journal PeerJ uses law enforcement data collected from 2010 to 2015 to understand the geographical distribution...
Common acid reflux medications promote chronic liver disease
Credit: UC San Diego Health Approximately 10 percent of the general population take a proton pump inhibitor (PPI) drug to block stomach acid secretions and...
Little growth observed in India’s methane emissions
Methane is the second most powerful greenhouse gas and concentrations are rising in the atmosphere. Because of its potency and quick decay in the atmosphere,...
Liquid biopsy may be new way to detect liver cancer earlier, easier
An international team of researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Moores Cancer Center, with colleagues at Sun Yet-sun University Cancer...
Women who undergo aggressive surgery for breast cancer may miss more work
A new study reveals that patients with breast cancer who received more aggressive treatments were more likely to experience disruptions in employment. Published early online...
Study finds double mastectomy tied to more missed work
(Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan) As more breast cancer patients are choosing to remove both breasts, researchers examine the impact this aggressive surgery has...
Birds reveal the importance of good neighbors for health and aging
Credit: Sjouke Anne Kingma Birds who live next door to family members or to other birds they know well are physically healthier and age more...
Singapore’s first robot masseuse ‘EMMA’ starts work
Credit: NTU Singapore A robot masseuse has started work in Singapore today. Named Emma, short for Expert Manipulative Massage Automation, it specialises in back and...
Type 1 diabetes and the microbiota: MAIT cells as biomarkers and new therapeutic targets
Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an autoimmune disease that develops when the immune system attacks beta cells in the pancreas. This destructive process is often...
Insight into our 50-plus lifespan still evolving, genetic study shows
It is an evolutionary riddle that has long puzzled scientists ... now the quest to find out why we live beyond 50 is being helped...
Molecular basis for memory and learning
October 2017. Learning and memory are two important functions of the brain that are based on the brain's plasticity. Scientists from Goethe University Frankfurt report...
Research IDs key factors that help women ex-convicts avoid recidivism
New research identifies four factors that help women ex-convicts avoid committing crimes, offering insights that can be used to help former inmates integrate more successfully...
Gene drives have the potential to suppress mosquito populations, but resistant mosquitoes crop up
Credit: NIAID, Flickr, CC BY Researchers successfully built a gene drive to reduce female fertility in the mosquito that spreads malaria, but mutations gradually arose...
Computer program detects differences between human cells
"How many different cell types are there in a human body? And how do these differences develop? Nobody really knows," says Professor Stein Aerts from...