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Supportive Moms and Sisters Boost Female Baboon's Rank
July 30, 2014 — A study of dominance in female baboons suggests that the route to a higher rank is to maintain close ties with mom, and to have lots of supportive ... full story -
Saving Seeds the Right Way Can Save the World's Plants
July 30, 2014 — Exotic pests, shrinking ranges and a changing climate threaten some of the world's most rare and ecologically important plants, and so conservationists establish seed collections to save the ... full story -
Decades-Old Amber Collection Offers New Views of a Lost World: Tiny Grasshopper Encased in Amber
July 30, 2014 — Scientists are searching through a massive collection of 20-million-year-old amber found in the Dominican Republic more than 50 years ago, and the effort is yielding fresh insights into ancient ... full story -
Peru's Carbon Quantified: Economic and Conservation Boon
July 30, 2014 — Today scientists unveiled the first high-resolution map of the carbon stocks stored on land throughout the entire country of Peru. The new and improved methodology used to make the map marks a sea ... full story -
Chinese Mosquitoes on the Baltic Sea: Ancient Insect Inclusions in East-Asian Amber
July 30, 2014 — The analysis of the roughly 3,000 pieces is still in its infant stage. But it is already evident that the results will be of major significance. The Baltic amber comes from the Baltic Sea region, ... full story -
Fossils Found in Siberia Suggest All Dinosaurs Could Have Been Feathered
July 30, 2014 — The first ever example of a plant-eating dinosaur with feathers and scales has been discovered in Russia. Previously only flesh-eating dinosaurs were known to have had feathers, so this new find ... full story -
Research Shows Impact of Soft Drinks in Meal Planning
July 29, 2014 — New research has looked into whether we take liquid calories into account when planning meals. Participants completed a computer-based match-fullness task which assessed the expected satiation of ... full story -
Prehistoric Dairy Farming at the Extremes
July 29, 2014 — Finland's love of milk has been traced back to 2500 BC, thanks to high-tech techniques to analyze residues preserved in fragments of ancient ... full story -
Children Whose Parents Spend More Time Cooking Choose Healthier Foods Later
July 29, 2014 — New research suggests that the amount time parents spend on food preparation at home influences children's food intake decisions made in the laboratory without parental ... full story -
Striatal Dopamine Transporter Binding Correlates With Body Composition and Visual Attention Bias for Food Cues in Healthy Young Men
July 29, 2014 — Scientists have described a way that brain chemistry may make some people notice food more easily, which can tempt overeating even in people who are not ... full story -
Drinking Sugar-Sweetened Beverages During Adolescence Impairs Memory, Animal Study Suggests
July 29, 2014 — Daily consumption of beverages sweetened with high-fructose corn syrup or sucrose can impair the ability to learn and remember information, particularly when consumption occurs during adolescence, a ... full story -
Maternal Obesity Modulates Offspring Microflora Composition and Gastrointestinal Functions, Animal Study Shows
July 29, 2014 — Maternal obesity leads to marked changes in the offspring's gastrointestinal microflora composition and gastrointestinal function. This study suggests there are non-genetic factors that could be ... full story -
Vaccine Against Tick-Transmitted Disease Under Development
July 29, 2014 — An important advancement toward developing a vaccine against the debilitating and potentially deadly tick-transmitted disease, human granulocytic anaplasmosis has been made by scientists. Successful ... full story -
Underwater Elephants: Mixed Impacts of the World's Largest -- And Threatened -- Parrotfish
July 29, 2014 — Scientists recently got back to basics in order to discover the positive and negative effects that bumphead parrotfish exert on coral reef ecosystems. Using direct observation, animal tracking and ... full story -
'Killer Sperm' Prevents Mating Between Worm Species
July 29, 2014 — Most cross-species mating is merely unsuccessful in producing offspring. However, when researchers mated Caenorhabditis worms of different species, they found that the lifespan of the female worms ... full story -
Diet Affects Males' and Females' Gut Microbes Differently
July 29, 2014 — The microbes living in the guts of males and females react differently to diet, even when the diets are identical, according to a new study. These results suggest that therapies designed to improve ... full story -
From Finding Nemo to Minerals: What Riches Lie in the Deep Sea?
July 29, 2014 — As fishing and the harvesting of metals, gas and oil have expanded deeper and deeper into the ocean, scientists are drawing attention to the services provided by the deep sea, the world’s largest ... full story -
Evolution in Rainforest Flies Points to Climate Change Survival
July 29, 2014 — Scientists believe some tropical species may be able to evolve and adapt to the effects of climate change. The new findings suggests some sensitive rainforest-restricted species may survive climate ... full story -
New Method Provides Researchers With Efficient Tool for Tagging Proteins
July 29, 2014 — With a new method, researchers use a piece of DNA engineered to bind to metal ions. Using this 'control stick,' they direct another piece of DNA to a metal binding site on the protein. The ... full story -
When It Comes to Gluten-Free Diets, Unfounded Beliefs Abound
July 29, 2014 — Lots of people are eating gluten-free diets, but perhaps for the wrong reasons, a UF/IFAS researcher says. Such diets, while necessary for those with celiac disease, may lack nutrients essential to ... full story
- Supportive moms and sisters boost female baboon's rank
- Saving seeds the right way can save the world's plants
- Decades-old amber collection offers new views of a lost world: Tiny grasshopper encased in amber
- Peru's carbon quantified: Economic and conservation boon
- Chinese mosquitoes on the Baltic Sea: Ancient insect inclusions in East-Asian amber
- Fossils found in Siberia suggest all dinosaurs could have been feathered
- Research shows impact of soft drinks in meal planning
- Prehistoric dairy farming at the extremes
- Children whose parents spend more time cooking choose healthier foods later
- Striatal dopamine transporter binding correlates with body composition and visual attention bias for food cues in healthy young men
- Drinking sugar-sweetened beverages during adolescence impairs memory, animal study suggests
- Maternal obesity modulates offspring microflora composition and gastrointestinal functions, animal study shows
- Vaccine against tick-transmitted disease under development
- Underwater elephants: Mixed impacts of the world's largest -- and threatened -- parrotfish
- 'Killer sperm' prevents mating between worm species
- Diet affects males' and females' gut microbes differently
- From finding Nemo to minerals: What riches lie in the deep sea?
- Evolution in rainforest flies points to climate change survival
- New method provides researchers with efficient tool for tagging proteins
- When it comes to gluten-free diets, unfounded beliefs abound
- Microscopic rowing -- without a cox: Cells' whip-like appendages can synchronize their movements
- Unique images bring fossil insects back to life
- Healthy lifestyle may buffer against stress-related cell aging
- Generating a genome to feed the world: African rice sequenced
- First controlled malaria infection trial in Africa paves way for drug and vaccine development
- Forced mutations doom HIV: How potential HIV drug exacts its toll on viral populations
- Stress-tolerant tomato relative sequenced
- Cell's recycling center implicated in division decisions
- Impact of Deepwater Horizon oil spill on coral is deeper and broader than predicted
- Researchers produce record-length mirror-image protein
- Learning the smell of fear: Mothers teach babies their own fears via odor, animal study shows
- Golden-C: A new mango drink enriched with antioxidants from mas cotek
- The role of dairy in maintaining adult bone and skeletal muscle health
- How sweet it is: Bioenergy advanced by new tool
- Models for polymer macromolecules using magnets and DNA 'springs'
- Social network research may boost prairie dog conservation efforts
- Mutations from Venus, mutations from Mars: Why genetic fertility problems can persist in a population
- HIV treatment: Interfering with interferon
- New species of mayfly discovered in India
- Dinosaurs fell victim to perfect storm of events, study shows
- Europe's habitat and wildlife is vulnerable to climate change
- Climate change and air pollution will combine to curb food supplies
- New, noncommittal mechanism of drug resistance discovered
- Trees save lives, reduce respiratory problems
- Changes in agriculture increase high river flow rates
- Designer potatoes on the menu to boost consumption
- Climate Change Increases Risk of Crop Slowdown in Next 20 Years
- It takes two to court: Pheromone that triggers mating found in mice
- Monitoring rise and fall of the microbiome
- Smartphone experiment tracks whether our life story is written in our gut bacteria
- Less than 1% of UK public research funding spent on antibiotic research in past 5 years
- Bacteria manipulate salt to build shelters to hibernate
- GSAD and Plant rDNA database: Two open platforms with plant cytogenetic information
- 'Light pollution' may affect love lives of birds in the Viennese Forests
- New hope for powdery mildew resistant barley
- Large raptors in Africa used for bushmeat, study indicates
- Parched West is using up underground water: Study points to grave implications for Western U.S. water supply
- Microbes make the sake brewery
- Moose drool inhibits growth of toxic fungus
- Antioxidant biomaterial promotes healing
- Biologist warn of early stages of Earth's sixth mass extinction event
- Humans share fairness concerns with other species
- Global wildlife decline driving slave labor, organized crime
- Fighting bacteria -- with viruses: Promising information for developing an alternative to antibiotics
- Linking microbial, immune environment in semen to HIV viral load, transmission
- No returning to Eden: Researchers explore how to restore species in a changing world
- Noise pollution impacts fish species differently
- Invertebrate numbers nearly halve as human population doubles
- Atomic structure of key muscle component revealed
- Leaf-mining insects destroyed with the dinosaurs, others quickly appeared
- First IPS cells created to offer human model of insulin resistance
- Farmers market vouchers may boost produce consumption in low-income families
- Zika virus: New threat from tiger mosquito
- Low-carb diet recommended for diabetics
- New perspective on agricultural plastic, debris burning, and air quality
- Corn and soy insecticides similar to nicotine found widespread in midwest U.S. rivers
- Cancer: Treatment that prevents tumor metastasis identified in animal study
- Mechanism found for development of protective HIV antibodies
- Tiny new species of frog from Brazil with a heroic name
- Key molecule in flies identified that adjusts energy use under starvation conditions
- Nearly 50 years of lemur, other primates data now available online
- Natural products from plants protect skin during cancer radiotherapy
- Rising temperatures can be hard on a dog's life
- Experiments prove 'stemness' of individual immune memory cells
- Newly discovered gut virus lives in half the world's population
- Four-billion-year-old chemistry in cells today
- Genome analysis helps in breeding more robust cows
- Detecting Salmonella in pork meat processing: New methods
- One route to malaria drug resistance found
- Why don't genetically identical cells behave identically? Cellular noise
- Smarter than a first-grader? Crows can perform as well as 7- to 10-year-olds on cause-and-effect water displacement tasks
- Vasculature of the hive: How honey bees stay cool
- Spinach could lead to alternative energy more powerful than Popeye
- Gene inhibitor, salmon fibrin restore function lost in spinal cord injury in rodents
- Sapronoses: Diseases of another kind, caused by pathogenic microorganisms
- Bird 'backpacks' put wood thrush migration on the map
- Urban heat boosts some pest populations 200-fold, killing red maples
- 15-year analysis of blue whale range off California finds conflict with shipping lanes
- Dog jealousy: Study suggests primordial origins for the 'green-eyed monster'
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