Quest for drought-resistant chickpea could benefit poor farmers
Scientists are seeking to develop chickpeas that can flourish in dry climates, to help some of the world's poorest farmers reliably grow the staple crop....
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New discovery: Cormorants can hear under water
Credit: University of Southern Denmark For the first time, researchers have shown that a marine birds can hear under water. This offers new possibilities for...
Keep your balance — even in old age
Credit: Neurogeriatrics Research Group, Kiel University Balance problems when standing and walking are ubiquitous in the older population, and can lead to a significant burden...
Study finds greater risk of extinction among high diversity amphibian groups
Credit: SFU A new study by Simon Fraser University biologists Dan Greenberg and Arne Mooers offers clues to why more than 30 per cent of...
Detailed view of a molecular toxin transporter
Credit: ETH Zurich / Scott Jackson, Ioannis Manolaridis, Kaspar Locher Almost all living creatures have evolved mechanisms to remove toxins that have entered their cells:...
Climate change can alter the impact of forest pathogens in trees
Credit: Riikka Linnakoski New research on projected climate changes from the University of Helsinki indicates that climate change has an alarming potential to increase the...
Pediatric IBD patients not meeting recommended calcium and vitamin D intake
Credit: United European Gastroenterology A new study highlights that children suffering from inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are not meeting the daily recommended intake of calcium...
Wake-promoting compound validated
Credit: University of Tsukuba Narcolepsy, a serious sleep disorder in which patients often fall asleep uncontrollably, has been incurable because no effective therapeutic agents are...
Neurons can learn temporal patterns
Individual neurons can learn not only single responses to a particular signal, but also a series of reactions at precisely timed intervals. This is what...
The immune system promotes spontaneous heart regeneration
In adult mammal hearts, cardiomyoctyes do not proliferate following damage, like that caused by myocardial infarction. However, the inability to proliferate is not true for...
New test method aims to predict allergenic potency of chemicals
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed a method which determines not only whether a chemical or substance is allergenic, but also how strong...
Too much stress for the mother affects the baby through amniotic fluid
The feeling of constantly being on edge, always having to take care of everything, not being able to find a balance: If an expectant mother...
Cells pumping iron to prevent anemia
Credit: Kyoto University Kyoto, Japan -- Maintaining a good balance of iron in the body is necessary for health: too little can lead to anemia,...
Biologics before triple therapy not cost effective for rheumatoid arthritis
Stepping up to biologic therapy when methotrexate monotherapy fails offers minimal incremental benefit over using a combination of drugs known as triple therapy, yet incurs...
Historical rainfall levels are significant in carbon emissions from soil
Credit: Courtesy of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory AUSTIN, Texas - Scientists have known that microbes living in the ground can play a major role in...
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