Sensitivity to inequity is in wolves’ and dogs’ blood
Credit: Robert Bayer Not only dogs but also wolves react to inequity - similar to humans or primates. This has been confirmed in a new...
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Autonomous machines edge towards greater independence
Cars that can drive autonomously have recently made headlines. In the near future, machines that can learn autonomously will become increasingly present in our lives....
SpaceX Dragon to deliver research to Space Station
Credit: NASA SpaceX is scheduled to launch its Dragon spacecraft for its eleventh commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station June 1 from NASA's...
Nanotechnology reveals hidden depths of bacterial ‘machines’
Credit: Dr Luning Liu, University of Liverpool New research from the University of Liverpool, published in the journal Nanoscale, has probed the structure and material...
Where climate change is most likely to induce food violence
COLUMBUS, Ohio - While climate change is expected to lead to more violence related to food scarcity, new research suggests that the strength of a...
Male sexual behavior linked to elevated male sex hormone receptors in muscles of sex-changing fish
Credit: Kory Gozjack ATLANTA--Sex-changing fish exhibit differences in androgen receptor (AR) expression in muscles that are highly sensitive to androgens (male sex hormones) and essential...
Study finds delayed food introduction increases risk of sensitization
Hamilton, ON, June 8, 2017 -- Delaying the introduction of potentially allergenic foods until after a baby's first year may increase the likelihood of a...
Self-learning robot hands
Credit: Photo: Bielefeld University The system was developed as part of the large-scale research project Famula at Bielefeld University's Cluster of Excellence Cognitive Interaction Technology..
Why the marijuana and tobacco policy camps are on very different paths
Credit: University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. - The regulatory approaches to marijuana and tobacco in the United States are on decidedly different paths and, according...
Study reveals sweetened drinks during pregnancy puts infants at higher risk for obesity
A recent Danish study of children born to women with gestational diabetes, found that maternal daily consumption of artificially-sweetened beverages during pregnancy was associated with...
IDEAS study spurs related research to impact dementia care
Washington, DC and Chicago, June 8, 2017 -- The milestone Imaging Dementia - Evidence for Amyloid Scanning (IDEAS) Study is working with government and academic...
Revolutionary U of A biopsy-reading invention reaches the masses
Credit: University of Alberta A groundbreaking University of Alberta invention that will impact transplant patients' outcomes--and possibly cancer outcomes in the future--is poised to become...
Culprit hidden in plain sight in Alzheimer disease development
Credit: Dr. Lilian Calderone Missoula, MT, June 8, 2017 -- A new study by researchers at the University of Montana, Universidad del Valle de México,...
Researchers identify immune component up-regulated in brain after viral infection
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 6, 2017--A new study of infection by a virus that causes brain inflammation and seizures...
Carotid artery gives away human biological age
Credit: MIPT's Press office Russian researchers have provided a new method of determining human biological age. The group hails from the Engelhardt Institute of Molecular...