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Countering Caregiver Placebo Effect in Pets
Mar. 12, 2014 — How do you know that your pet is benefiting from its pain medication? A new clinical trial design could help overcome pet owners' unconscious observation bias and determine whether the drugs ... full story -
New Fossil Species: Origin of Toothed Whale Echolocation
Mar. 12, 2014 — A new fossil species, Cotylocara macei, shows evidence of echolocation and the complex anatomy underlying this unique behavior that has evolved in toothed whales, dolphins and porpoises. "Its ... full story -
Key Heart Failure Culprit Discovered in Tiny Piece of RNA
Mar. 12, 2014 — A small, but powerful, new player in the onset and progression of heart failure has been discovered by cardiovascular researchers. The researchers have also shown how they successfully blocked the ... full story -
Building New Drugs Just Got Easier
Mar. 12, 2014 — A method for modifying organic molecules has been developed that significantly expands the possibilities for developing new pharmaceuticals and improving old ones. The innovation makes it easier to ... full story -
'Master Regulator' of Obesity? Distant IRX3 Gene Appears to Interact With Obesity-Related FTO Gene Mutations
Mar. 12, 2014 — Mutations within the gene FTO have been implicated as the strongest genetic determinant of obesity risk in humans, but the mechanism behind this link remained unknown. Now, an international team of ... full story -
Microbes Help to Battle Infection: Gut Microbes Help Develop Immune Cells, Study Finds
Mar. 12, 2014 — Beneficial gut bacteria are necessary for the development of innate immune cells -- specialized types of white blood cells that serve as the body's first line of defense against invading ... full story -
Bighead Carp: From 5 to 150 Centimeters in 37 Million Years
Mar. 12, 2014 — During excavations in the open lignite-mining pit Na Duong in Vietnam, scientists discovered the world’s oldest bighead carp. With a length of only 5 centimeters, Planktophaga minuta is also the ... full story -
A Plague of Fleas: Tiny Eurasian Exotic Is Upending Watery Ecosystems Across the Northern Great Lakes
Mar. 12, 2014 — The spiny water flea, aka Bythotrephes, is devouring its way through the Great Lakes and into the surrounding inland waters, including Minnesota's Voyageurs National Park, disrupting an entire ... full story -
Pancreatic Cancer Growth Slowed by Blocking Key Enzyme
Mar. 12, 2014 — Blocking the function of an enzyme known as Hhat slows the growth and spread of pancreatic cancer by preventing a protein called Hedgehog from stimulating nearby normal cells to help the cancer, ... full story -
Type 1 Diabetes: Gut Microbiota Networks May Influence Autoimmune Processes
Mar. 12, 2014 — The interactions of the gut microbiota in children with typical diabetes autoantibodies differ from that in healthy children. The fact that these differences already exist before antibodies are ... full story -
New Fossil Find: Precursor of European Rhinos Found in Vietnam
Mar. 12, 2014 — Scientists have recovered fossils of two previously unknown mammal species that lived about 37 million years ago. The newly described mammals show a surprisingly close relationship to prehistoric ... full story -
Lignin Breakthroughs Serve as GPS for Plant Research
Mar. 11, 2014 — By thoroughly mapping a single specialized tissue involved in wood formation, scientists have developed the equivalent of turn-by-turn directions for future plant scientists to understand how plants ... full story -
Scientists 'Herd' Cells in New Approach to Tissue Engineering
Mar. 11, 2014 — An electrical current can be used to orchestrate the flow of a group of cells, engineers have discovered. This achievement sets the stage for more controlled forms of tissue engineering and for ... full story -
Ocean Food Web Is Key in the Global Carbon Cycle
Mar. 11, 2014 — Nothing dies of old age in the ocean. Everything gets eaten and all that remains of anything is waste. But that waste is pure gold to an oceanographer. In a study of the ocean's role in the ... full story -
Cellular Alchemy: How to Make Insulin-Producing Cells from Gut Cells
Mar. 11, 2014 — Introducing three proteins that control the regulation of DNA in the nucleus -- called transcription factors -- into an immune-deficient mouse turned a specific group of cells in the gut lining into ... full story -
Free Online Software Helps Speed Up Genetic Discoveries
Mar. 11, 2014 — Microarray analysis -- a complex technology commonly used in many applications such as discovering genes, disease diagnosis, drug development and toxicological research -- has just become easier and ... full story -
Land Cover Change Over Five Years Across North America Revealed
Mar. 11, 2014 — A new set of maps featured in the CEC's North American Environmental Atlas depicts land cover changes in North America's forests, prairies, deserts and cities, using satellite images from ... full story -
Restoring Order in Brain: Brain Cell Regeneration May Alleviate Symptoms of Alzheimer's Disease
Mar. 11, 2014 — Researchers have discovered that when they re-established a population of new cells in the part of the brain associated with behavior, some symptoms of Alzheimer's disease significantly ... full story -
Empathy Chimpanzees Offer Is Key to Understanding Human Engagement
Mar. 11, 2014 — New findings show that chimpanzees exhibit flexibility in their empathy, just as humans do. This may help explain the evolution of how and when humans engage with others and choose to offer ... full story -
Soil Microbes Shift as Shrubs Invade Remnant Hill Prairies
Mar. 11, 2014 — Perched high on the bluffs of the big river valleys in the Midwest are some of the last remnants of never-farmed prairie grasslands. These patches, edged by forest, are slowly being taken over by ... full story -
Cancer Cells Don't Take 'Drunken' Walks Through Body
Mar. 11, 2014 — Biologists have believed that cancers cells spread through the body in a slow, aimless fashion, resembling a drunk who can't walk three steps in a straight line. They now know that's true ... full story
- Countering caregiver placebo effect in pets
- New fossil species: Origin of toothed whale echolocation
- Key heart failure culprit discovered in tiny piece of RNA
- Building new drugs just got easier
- 'Master regulator' of obesity? Distant IRX3 gene appears to interact with obesity-related FTO gene mutations
- Microbes help to battle infection: Gut microbes help develop immune cells, study finds
- Bighead carp: From 5 to 150 centimeters in 37 million years
- A plague of fleas: Tiny Eurasian exotic is upending watery ecosystems across the northern Great Lakes
- Pancreatic cancer growth slowed by blocking key enzyme
- Type 1 diabetes: Gut microbiota networks may influence autoimmune processes
- New fossil find: Precursor of European rhinos found in Vietnam
- Lignin breakthroughs serve as GPS for plant research
- Scientists 'herd' cells in new approach to tissue engineering
- Ocean food web is key in the global carbon cycle
- Cellular alchemy: How to make insulin-producing cells from gut cells
- Free online software helps speed up genetic discoveries
- Land cover change over five years across North America revealed
- Restoring order in brain: Brain cell regeneration may alleviate symptoms of Alzheimer's disease
- Empathy chimpanzees offer is key to understanding human engagement
- Soil microbes shift as shrubs invade remnant hill prairies
- Cancer cells don't take 'drunken' walks through body
- Cosmetic treatment can open door to bacteria
- California and Arizona amaze with two new species of desert poppy
- Speed trap for fish catches domestic trout moving too slow
- Personality predicts social learning in wild monkeys: Bold or anxious baboons learn to solve tasks from other baboons
- Timid jumping spider uses ant as bodyguard
- Exotic plant species alter ecosystem productivity
- Light pollution impairs rainforest regeneration: Seed-dispersing bats avoid feeding in light polluted areas
- Impersonating poisonous prey: Evolution of interspecific communication
- National U.S. study reveals how urban lawn care habits vary
- Turing's theory of chemical morphogenesis validated 60 years after his death
- Mongol Empire rode wave of mild climate, but warming now may be tipping region into unparalleled drought
- Volcanoes helped species survive ice ages
- A shocking diet: Researchers describe microbe that 'eats' electricity
- Predation on invertebrates by woodland salamanders increases carbon capture
- Cellular shipping port: New mechanism found by which proteins are transported to outer membrane in epithelial cells
- Diagnosing diseases with smartphones in real time
- Serpentine ecosystems shed light on nature of plant adaptation, speciation
- Synthetic biologists shine light on genetic circuit analysis
- Agroforestry can ensure food security, mitigate effects of climate change in Africa
- Feeding gut microbiota: Nutrition, probiotics key factors for digestive health
- Tricky balancing act: Antibiotics versus the gut microbiota
- Biological effects of popular artificial sweetener Sucralose
- Scents and sustainability: Renewable sources for artificial scents and flavors
- Dropped your toast? Five-second food rule exists, new research suggests
- After the saffron spice DNA
- Loss of antioxidant protein Nrf2 represses regeneration of muscle lost to aging
- Biomolecular tweezers facilitate study of mechanical force effects on cells and proteins
- Farm salmon pose clear reproductive threat to wild gene pools, researchers say
- IBS and bloating: When gut microbiota gets out of balance
- Salmon louse delay salmon returning to spawn
- Tuscany's 'badlands' acutely endangered
- Could sticky cells cause drug resistance in chronic blood cancer?
- 'Super bacteria' clean up after oil spills
- Combination of sensory signals draw mosquitoes in for a bite
- 'Tree of life' distances are no shortcut to conservation
- Spread of antibiotic resistance understood by unravelling bacterial secretion system
- First animals oxygenated Earth's oceans, study suggests
- New bioinformatics tool to visualize transcriptomes
- In grasslands remade by humans, animals may protect biodiversity: Grazers let in the light, rescue imperiled plants
- Stem cell study opens door to undiscovered world of biology
- New tool to unravel mysteries of metastasis created
- Research on 3-D scaffolds sets new bar in lung regeneration
- New class of antibiotics discovered by chemists
- Personalized treatment prolongs the life of lung cancer patients
- Over demanding market affects fisheries more than climate change
- New study of proteins in space could yield better understanding, new drug development
- Service is key to winery sales
- New theory on cause of endometriosis
- Emerging multi-drug resistant infections lack standard definition, treatment
- Hospital food safety measures reduce risk of contaminated hospital food
- Genome of sesame sheds new light on oil biosynthesis
- Epigenetic changes could explain type 2 diabetes
- UV light accelerates cancer cells that creep along outside of blood vessels
- Teen elephant mothers die younger but have bigger families
- Europe's largest badger study finds rare long-distance movements
- Effective thermal insulation with wood foam
- Quicker and cheaper toxicity checking of mussels
- Urgent need to study impacts of biomass burning and haze on marine ecosystems in Southeast Asia
- Birds display lateralization bias when selecting flight paths
- Fertilizer in small doses yields higher returns for less money
- Deer feeding puts birds at risk, research shows
- Fighting for survival in the gut: Unravelling the hidden variation in bacteria
- New mechanisms of oxidative stress regulation uncovered
- Marijuana's anxiety relief effects: Receptors found in emotional hub of brain
- Detailed picture created of membrane protein linked to learning, memory, anxiety, pain and brain disorders
- Warmer temperatures push malaria to higher elevations
- Combatting hospital-acquired infections with protein metal complex
- Common mutation is culprit in acute leukemia relapse
- Establishing standards where none exist; researchers define 'good' stem cells
- Warming temperatures are pushing two chickadee species -- and their hybrids -- northward
- Birds of all feathers and global flu diversity
- The rise of spring allergies: Fact or fiction?
- Higher levels of omega-3 in diet are associated with better sleep, study shows
- 'Most complete' picture of gene expression in cancer cell cycle caught
- Computational tool offers new insight into key biological processes
- Genetic techniques have role in future of dental care
- New software automates and improves phylogenomics from next-generation sequencing data
- Testis size matters for genome evolution
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