Historical genomes reveal recent changes in genetic health of eastern gorillas
Credit: Amy Porter, Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International The critically endangered Grauer's gorilla has recently lost genetic diversity and has ...
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FSU researchers unravel mystery of how, when DNA replicates
Credit: Bruce Palmer/FSU Photography Services TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- A team of Florida State University researchers has unlocked a decades-old mystery ...
How exercise reduces belly fat in humans
Credit: Wedell-Neergaard, Lehrskov, and Christensen, et al. / Cell Metabolism Some of you may have made a New Year's resolution ...
Your brain rewards you twice per meal: When you eat and when food reaches your stomach
We know a good meal can stimulate the release of the feel-good hormone dopamine, and now a study in humans ...
How the brain enables us to rapidly focus attention
Credit: Artwork by Lee Fletcher, Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland. University of Queensland researchers have discovered a key ...
Synodos does it again: Breaking barriers to solve the 'impossible' problems
Children's Tumor Foundation research advances understanding of brain tumorsCredit: CTF Beakers Treatment for low-grade gliomas in patients living with neurofibromatosis ...
CHEO researcher Dr. Robert Korneluk named member of the Order of Canada
Honour recognizes his tireless efforts in making pediatric health discoveries and training the next generation of researchersCredit: CHEO Research Institute ...
Fish bones yield new tool for tracking coal ash contamination
Isotope ratios used as fingerprints of ash's impacts on organismsCredit: Jessica Brandt, Duke Univ. DURHAM, N.C. -- A Duke University ...
Producers of white colonies on kimchi surface, mistaken as molds, have been identified
Analyses of microbial community structures and whole genome sequencing were performed to the white colony-forming yeasts on kimchi surfaceCredit: Please ...
Losing neurons can sometimes not be that bad
New results could lead to a complete rethinking of therapeutical approaches to Alzheimer'sCredit: Dina Coelho (CCU) For the first time, ...
Buzzed flies reveal important step to intoxication
Discovery advances work on antidotes to hangover and intoxicationCredit: Courtesy Scripps Research JUPITER, FL - As New Year's Eve approaches, ...
Trees' enemies help tropical forests maintain their biodiversity
Credit: Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - Scientists have long struggled to explain how tropical forests can maintain their staggering ...
Antifungal activity and detoxification of aflatoxins
This article by Dr. Bárbara Ponzilacqua Silva has been published in The Open Food Science Journal, Volume 10, 2018 Aflatoxins ...
New study shows how guinea pig fathers pass on adaptive responses to environmental changes
Credit: Anja Günther Adaptations to environmental change are the most important asset for the persistence of any plant or animal ...
Sustainable 'plastics' are on the horizon
New sustainable biopolymer technology developed by Tel Aviv University researchers may one day free the world of its worst pollutant ...
U-M howler monkey study examines mechanisms of new species formation
Credit: Photo by Milagros González ANN ARBOR--A new University of Michigan study of interbreeding between two species of howler monkeys ...
Study finds Tropical Cyclone Winston damaged fisheries as well as homes in Fiji
Survey of fishers finds impacts of 2016 cyclone resulted in fewer mud crabs and less local consumption of catchCredit: Yashika ...
Surfer's ear points to ancient pearl divers in Panama
Credit: Raiza Segundo, STRI While examining a skull from an ancient burial ground in a pre-Columbian village in Panama, Nicole ...
Camera trap study reveals the hidden lives of island carnivores
Credit: Photo courtesy Max Allen/Erik Olson/Tim Van Deelen CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Researchers placed 160 cameras on 19 of the 22 ...
Researchers explore genetics of California mountain lions to inform future conservation
Credit: Irvine Ranch Conservancy Fragmentation of wildlife populations is increasing on a global scale, and understanding current genetic structure, genetic ...
