The recent spread of coyotes across North America did not doom deer populations
Credit: Dr. Aimee P. Rockhill (Western Carolina University) and Dr. Christopher S. DePerno (North Carolina State University) Coyotes eat deer, ...
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Wildlife tourism may negatively affect African elephants’ behavior
Credit: Isabelle Szott Increasing numbers of tourists are interested in observing wildlife such as African elephants, and income generated from ...
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Paper: Serious Adverse Events in African American Cancer Patients with Sickle Cell Trait and Inherited Hemoglobinopathies in a SEER-Medicare Claims ...
Are there Zika reservoirs in the Americas?
Researchers first needed to know if virus could be detected in fecesCredit: Courtesy Krista Milich Most emerging infectious diseases affecting ...
UMass Amherst food scientist receives Young Scientist Research Award
Guodong Zhang, assistant professor of food science at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, is being honored with the 2019 Young ...
How attention helps the brain perceive an object
Salk scientists find that attention cuts through brain 'noise' that impairs visual perception LA JOLLA--(March 19, 2019) It's easy to ...
MBL receives Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Award to fund new imaging scientist
Credit: Anthony Mautino WOODS HOLE, Mass. - Microscopy innovator Abhishek Kumar, Ph.D., has received a national award from the Chan ...
Starving bacteria can eject their tails to save energy and stay alive
Credit: Morgan Beeby When nutrients are dangerously low, a group of bacteria have been found to take the drastic measure ...
How hot spots of genetic variation evolved in human DNA
Study uncovers a complex story that hints at how adaptable -- yet delicate -- we are as a species BUFFALO, ...
Ejecting flagella could help microbes save energy during nutrient depletion
Credit: Morgan Beeby, [email protected] In favorable conditions, many bacteria propel themselves to food sources and other sites of interest using ...
Woolly stars need catastrophes to live
In the Santa Ana River floodplain, an endangered plant needs the effects of intense flooding to grow and survive in ...
Nature hits rewind
Research predicts what makes evolution go backwardsCredit: McMaster University HAMILTON, March 19, 2019 - The study of evolution is revealing ...
Caterina Strambio De Castillia named Imaging Scientist by Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
New program supports better tools, increased collaboration between optical engineers and biomedical researchersCredit: UMass Medical School The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative ...
Study finds natural selection favors cheaters
UC Riverside research focused on interaction between nitrogen-fixing bacteria and their hostsCredit: Sachs lab, UC Riverside Mutualisms, which are interactions ...
Have microscope, will travel: New tech project links Madison, Boston scientists
Credit: Jan Huisken, Morgridge Institute for Research MADISON -- An invention designed to transform how and where high-powered research microscopes ...
CZI awards $17 million to bring more engineering expertise to biomedical imaging
New imaging scientists program supports better tools, increased collaboration between optical engineers and biomedical researchersCredit: CZI Imaging Scientist Anthony Santella, ...
Discovery of a crucial immune reaction when solid food is introduced that prevents inflammatory disorders
Microbes colonize all body surfaces and help to balance the immune system. In newborn infants, gut microbiota is first conditioned ...
Discovery of parasitic arsenic cycle may offer glimpse of life in future, warmer oceans
Credit: Steve Giovannoni CORVALLIS, Ore. - A newly discovered parasitic cycle, in which ocean bacteria keep phytoplankton on an energy-sapping ...
‘Insectageddon’ is ‘alarmist by bad design’: Scientists point out the study’s major flaws
Earlier this year, a research article triggered a media frenzy by predicting that as a result of an ongoing rapid ...
Stem cell model of motor neuron disease wins International 3Rs Prize 2018
The 2018 International 3Rs Prize has been awarded to Dr Rickie Patani, based at UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology ...
