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Report on Viruses Looks Beyond Disease
July 22, 2014 — In contrast to their negative reputation as disease causing agents, some viruses can perform crucial biological and evolutionary functions that help to shape the world we live in today, according to ... full story -
Freezing Blueberries Improves Antioxidant Availability
July 22, 2014 — Blueberries pack a powerful antioxidant punch, whether eaten fresh or from the freezer, according to a researcher. Anthocyanins, a group of antioxidant compounds, are responsible for the color in ... full story -
Bats Use Polarized Light to Navigate: First Mammal Known to Use Polarization Patterns in the Sky to Navigate
July 22, 2014 — The bats use the way the sun's light is scattered in the atmosphere at sunset to calibrate their internal magnetic compass, which helps them to fly in the right direction, a new study has ... full story -
Dangers of Desert Dust: New Diagnostic Tool for Valley Fever
July 22, 2014 — Valley fever has been the focus of new research that describes a promising strategy known as immunosignaturing, which can provide clinicians with an accurate identification of valley fever, a ... full story -
Asian Genes in European Pigs Result in More Piglets
July 22, 2014 — Pigs that are bred commercially in Europe are found to have a highly varied mosaic of different European and Asian gene variants. The Asian genes in particular result in a large number of piglets in ... full story -
Fly-Inspired Sound Detector: New Device Based on a Fly's Freakishly Acute Hearing for Futuristic Hearing Aids
July 22, 2014 — The fly can pinpoint the location of a chirping cricket with remarkable accuracy because of its freakishly acute hearing, which relies upon a sophisticated sound processing mechanism that really sets ... full story -
Meerkats' Sinister Side Is Secret to Their Success, Study Shows
July 22, 2014 — The darker side of meerkats -- which sees them prevent their daughters from breeding, and kill their grandchildren -- is explained in a new study. Research into the desert creatures -- which live in ... full story -
Mixed Genes Mix Up the Migrations of Hybrid Birds
July 22, 2014 — Mixed genes appear to drive hybrid birds to select more difficult routes than their parent species, according to new research. "Instead of taking well-trodden paths through fertile areas, these ... full story -
HIV, Malaria, and Tuberculosis: Success of the Millennium Shown in Most Comprehensive Study to Date
July 22, 2014 — Accelerated progress against the global burden of HIV, malaria, and tuberculosis (TB) has been made since 2000 when governments worldwide adopted Millennium Development Goal 6 to combat HIV/AIDS, ... full story -
Viral Therapy Could Boost Limb-Saving Cancer Treatment
July 22, 2014 — Viruses designed to target and kill cancer cells could boost the effectiveness of chemotherapy to the arms and legs and help avoid amputation, a new study reports. Researchers tested the ... full story -
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) Coronavirus Detected in Air of Saudi Arabian Camel Barn
July 22, 2014 — Saudi Arabian researchers have detected genetic fragments of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus in the air of a barn holding a camel infected with the virus. The work indicates that further ... full story -
First Total Synthesis of Madangamine D, a Molecule of Biomedical Interest
July 22, 2014 — Madangamines are a group of polycyclic alkaloids from marine sponges which have biomedical interest due to their cytotoxic activity. Chemists have now completed the first total synthesis of ... full story -
Mammoth and Mastodon Behavior Was Less Roam, More Stay at Home
July 21, 2014 — Their scruffy beards weren't ironic, but there are reasons mammoths and mastodons could have been the hipsters of the Ice Age. According to new research, the famously fuzzy relatives of ... full story -
Eating Probiotics Regularly May Improve Your Blood Pressure
July 21, 2014 — Probiotics -- a bacteria in yogurt and supplements -- appear to modestly lower blood pressure, according to a review of nine studies. The blood pressure-lowering effect from probiotics was greatest ... full story -
Bioprinting Methods on 2-D Surfaces to Link 3-D Cellular Structures
July 21, 2014 — New research focuses on the development of a novel, matrix-free method for generating 3-D cell spheroids that are combining knowledge from bioprinting methods on 2-D surfaces to link 3-D cellular ... full story -
Real Price of Steak: Comparing Environmental Costs of Livestock-Based Foods
July 21, 2014 — New research reveals the comparative environmental costs of livestock-based foods. While we are told that eating beef is bad for the environment, do we know its real cost? Are the other animal or ... full story -
Climate: Meat Turns Up the Heat as Livestock Emit Greenhouse Gases
July 21, 2014 — Eating meat contributes to climate change, due to greenhouse gasses emitted by livestock. New research finds that livestock emissions are on the rise and that beef cattle are responsible for far more ... full story -
More Than Glitter: How Gold Nanoparticles Easily Penetrate Cells, Making Them Useful for Delivering Drugs
July 21, 2014 — A special class of tiny gold particles can easily slip through cell membranes, making them good candidates to deliver drugs directly to target cells. Scientists can now explain how gold nanoparticles ... full story -
Mammals Metabolize Some Pesticides to Limit Their Biomagnification
July 21, 2014 — The concentrations of many historically used, and now widely banned, pesticides and other toxic chemicals -- called legacy contaminants -- can become magnified in an animal that eats contaminated ... full story -
Insights Into Birds' Migration Routes
July 21, 2014 — By tracking hybrids between songbird species, investigators have found that migration routes are under genetic control and could be preventing interbreeding. The research was conducted using ... full story
- Report on viruses looks beyond disease
- Freezing blueberries improves antioxidant availability
- Bats use polarized light to navigate: First mammal known to use polarization patterns in the sky to navigate
- Dangers of desert dust: New diagnostic tool for valley fever
- Asian genes in European pigs result in more piglets
- Fly-inspired sound detector: New device based on a fly's freakishly acute hearing for futuristic hearing aids
- Meerkats' sinister side is secret to their success, study shows
- Mixed genes mix up the migrations of hybrid birds
- HIV, malaria, and tuberculosis: Success of the Millennium shown in most comprehensive study to date
- Viral therapy could boost limb-saving cancer treatment
- Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) coronavirus detected in air of Saudi Arabian camel barn
- First total synthesis of madangamine D, a molecule of biomedical interest
- Mammoth and mastodon behavior was less roam, more stay at home
- Eating probiotics regularly may improve your blood pressure
- Bioprinting methods on 2-D surfaces to link 3-D cellular structures
- Real price of steak: Comparing environmental costs of livestock-based foods
- Climate: Meat turns up the heat as livestock emit greenhouse gases
- More than glitter: How gold nanoparticles easily penetrate cells, making them useful for delivering drugs
- Mammals metabolize some pesticides to limit their biomagnification
- Insights into birds' migration routes
- New research links bad diet to loss of smell
- Process to purify water using seed extracts now simplified
- Genes that contribute to radiation resistance identified
- Seals forage at offshore wind farms
- Science and art bring back to life 300-million-year-old specimens of a primitive reptile-like vertebrate
- Refined biological evolution model proposed
- Human platelets successfully generated using next-generation bioreactor
- Technology tracks the elusive Nightjar
- Fecal transplants let packrats eat poison
- When temperatures get cold, newly-discovered process helps fruit flies cope
- Healing the heart with fat? 18-HEPE might help, study suggests
- Size and age of plants impact their productivity more than climate
- Marmoset sequence sheds new light on primate biology and evolution
- Scientists map one of most important proteins in life -- and cancer
- Speedy computation enables scientists to reconstruct an animal's development cell by cell
- Microplastics worse for crabs and other marine life than previously thought: Enter through gills
- Essential Oils May Provide Good Source of Food Preservation
- Dog food goes gourmet: Nine emerging trends in pet food
- Eight ways zinc affects the human body
- New cellular garbage control pathway with relevance for human neurodegenerative diseases
- Novel mechanism for invasion of EV71 virus demonstrated
- Four new species of tuco-tucos identified from Bolivia
- Big data used to guide conservation efforts
- Measuring the number of protein molecules inside cells
- Revealed: The mystery behind starling flocks
- Consuming probiotics for a month helps diminish fat accumulation in the liver, according to a new study
- Nature's strongest glue comes unstuck
- Politically driven legislation targeting dangerous dogs has had little impact
- Choosing cheese: Research identifies microbial communities in cheese
- Tiniest catch: Scientists' fishing expedition reveals viral diversity in sea
- Fish oil may benefit alcohol abusers
- Eating lean beef daily can help lower blood pressure, study suggests
- Atlantic salmon show capacity to adapt to warmer waters
- Untangling spider's webs: Largest-ever study of spider genetics shows orb weaver spiders do not share common origins
- In development, it's all about the timing
- How existing cropland could feed billions more
- Exploiting gastric vulnerability: How Helicobacter pylori identifies and colonizes sites of small injury in the stomach
- Chromosome-based draft of the wheat genome completed
- Protein-building enzymes have undergone metamorphosis, evolved diverse new functions
- Next step in creating HIV-1 immunotherapy using fossil virus
- Lipoic acid helps restore, synchronize 'biological clock'
- Study led by indigenous people uncovers grizzly bear 'highway' in coastal British Columbia
- Earth-like soils on Mars? Ancient fossilized soils potentially found deep inside impact crater suggest microbial life
- Scientists track gene activity when honey bees do and don't eat honey: Significant differences depending on diet
- First comprehensive library of master genetic switches in plants
- Region, pathway found crucial for facial development in vertebrate embryos
- Faithful cell division requires tightly controlled protein placement at the centromeres
- New method created to draw molecules from live cells
- Potential new therapy with brain-on-a-chip axonal strain injury model
- Bedbugs can be killed with lower dosage of chemical, research finds
- Anti-tank missile detector joins fight against malaria
- Preventing foodborne illness naturally: With cinnamon
- Duck migration study reveals importance of conserving wetlands
- National Xenopus resource at the MBL innovates new way to study proteins
- Eradicating fatal sleeping sickness by killing off the tsetse fly
- Birdsongs automatically decoded by computer scientists
- Children not eating enough fruit and vegetables
- Effects of starvation can be passed to future generations, through small RNAs apparently without DNA involvement
- Measuring nurture: Study shows how 'good mothering' hardwires infant brain
- Niacin too dangerous for routine cholesterol therapy, experts say
- Are ants the answer to carbon dioxide sequestration?
- Cell membrane proteins give up their secrets
- Dredging linked to diseased corals by new study
- Humans walking on all fours is not backward evolution
- Squid skin protein could improve biomedical technologies, study shows
- Indus river dolphin's declining range: Patterns of river fragmentation provide insight into river dolphin conservation
- Whale shark fringe migration: 16-year study suggests Azore islands may play increasing role in whale shark habitat
- Borneo deforested 30 percent over past 40 years
- Tooth plaque provides unique insights into our prehistoric ancestors' diet
- Climate-cooling Arctic lakes soak up greenhouse gases, study shows
- Brain of world's first known predators discovered
- Scientists find way to trap, kill malaria parasite
- One injection stops diabetes in its tracks: Treatment reverses symptoms of type 2 diabetes in mice without side effects
- Mediterranean diet has varied effects on cognitive decline among different races, study shows
- Cases of drug-resistant superbug significantly rise in southeastern U.S.
- Worm study provides hope for deadly disease of the brain
- Organismal biologists needed to interpret new trees of life
- A natural way to monitor, and possibly control populations of, stink bugs
- Improving tumor radiation therapy: When basic ions break DNA down
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