Plants show surprising diversity in arid landscape
Understanding how plants cope with climatic extremes and grazing pressure is important for reliable prediction about future biodiversity and the functioning of dryland ecosystems.Credit: ©...
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Social rank may determine if animals live fast, die young
Anyone who has picnicked on the beach has experienced the unpleasant crunch of a sandwich with a surprise helping of sand. But for primates, the...
Study suggests an MRI may help doctors predict more aggressive prostate cancer in patients
SOUTHFIELD, MI, Aug. 7, 2024 - New Corewell Health™ research suggests an MRI scan can help predict whether patients with intermediate-risk prostate cancer (cancer confined...
Researchers show pesticide contamination is more than apple skin deep
Pesticides and herbicides are critical to ensuring food security worldwide, but these substances can present a safety risk to people who unwittingly ingest them. Protecting...
World’s highest-performance superconducting wire segment fabricated at UB
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Our energy future may depend on high-temperature superconducting (HTS) wires. This technology’s ability to carry electricity without resistance at temperatures higher than...
Fishing is causing frightened fish to flee when they should flirt
Populations of squaretail grouper face an uncertain future as new research shows fishing that targets their spawning sites is causing males to be repeatedly scared...
Sea lion camera crews help researchers explore previously unmapped ocean habitats
The world’s seabeds are little explored, and the knowledge we have is patchy. Using remotely operated underwater vehicles to learn about seabeds is expensive, requires...
Bloomberg Philanthropies makes founding gift to Xavier Ochsner College of Medicine
Today, Bloomberg Philanthropies announced a gift of $5 million in seed funding to support the creation of the Xavier Ochsner College of Medicine (XOCOM), a newly...
Attitudes such as distrust of government can cause swine farmers to resist animal biosecurity: UVM study finds
A new University of Vermont study published today in Nature: Scientific Reports examines the social and psychological aspects of farmers’ decisions about whether or not...
Medicaid vision coverage for adults varies widely by state
A study supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) shows that 6.5 million Medicaid enrollees (12%) lived in states without coverage for routine adult...
Scientists reach consensus for fasting terminology
Dr. Eric Ravussin of Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge was one of 38 scientists from five continents to present the first international consensus...
Increased ventilation not effective in reducing influenza virus spread in play-based model, Emory study finds
Increasing ventilation in child-care settings may not always be effective at preventing flu virus spread, according to a new study published by a team of...
Genetic ‘episignatures’ guide researchers in identifying causes of unsolved epileptic neurological disorders
(Memphis, Tenn. – August 6, 2024) To effectively treat a disease or disorder, doctors must first know the root cause. Such is the case for developmental and...
How plants become bushy, or not
or many plants, more branches means more fruit. But what causes a plant to grow branches? New research from the University of California, Davis shows...
Dopamine treatment alleviates symptoms in Alzheimer’s disease
A new way to combat Alzheimer’s disease has been discovered by Takaomi Saido and his team at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science (CBS) in...
