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Antibiotics Improve Growth in Children in Developing Countries
Apr. 15, 2014 — Antibiotics improve growth in children at risk of undernourishment in low and middle income countries, according to researchers who have just conducted a research literature review on the subject. ... full story -
New Study Outlines 'Water World' Theory of Life's Origins
Apr. 15, 2014 — Life took root more than four billion years ago on our nascent Earth, a wetter and harsher place than now, bathed in sizzling ultraviolet rays. What started out as simple cells ultimately transformed ... full story -
The Human Food Connection: Authentic Puerto Rican Food in Connecticut
Apr. 15, 2014 — Tucked away in Hartford, Conn., a Puerto Rican community is creating a tropical home away from home through cuisine that is so authentic it has caught the attention of scientists. Biologists took a ... full story -
New Technique Will Accelerate Genetic Characterization of Photosynthesis
Apr. 15, 2014 — Photosynthesis provides fixed carbon and energy for nearly all life on Earth, yet many aspects of this fascinating process remain mysterious. We do not know the full list of the parts of the ... full story -
Mouse Model Would Have Predicted Toxicity of Drug That Killed 5 in 1993 Clinical Trial
Apr. 15, 2014 — Over 20 years after the fatal fialuridine trial, a new study demonstrates that mice with humanized livers recapitulate the drug's toxicity. The work suggests that this mouse model should be ... full story -
Chrono, the Last Piece of the Circadian Clock Puzzle?
Apr. 15, 2014 — All organisms, from mammals to fungi, have daily cycles controlled by a tightly regulated internal clock, called the circadian clock. The whole-body circadian clock, influenced by the exposure to ... full story -
Potent, Puzzling and (Now Less) Toxic: Team Discovers How Antifungal Drug Works
Apr. 15, 2014 — Scientists have solved a decades-old medical mystery -- and in the process have found a potentially less toxic way to fight invasive fungal infections, which kill about 1.5 million people a year. The ... full story -
Changes in Processing, Handling Could Reduce Commercial Fishing Injuries
Apr. 15, 2014 — Handling frozen fish caused nearly half of all injuries aboard commercial freezer-trawlers and about a quarter of the injuries on freezer-longliner vessels operating off the coast of Alaska. Many ... full story -
Breaking Bad Mitochondria: How Hepatitis C Survives for So Long
Apr. 15, 2014 — A mechanism has been discovered that explains why people with the hepatitis C virus get liver disease and why the virus is able to persist in the body for so long. The hard-to-kill pathogen, which ... full story -
Lifestyle Determines Gut Microbes: Study With Modern Hunter-Gatherers Tells Tale of Bacteria Co-Evolution
Apr. 15, 2014 — The intestinal bacteria of present-day hunter-gatherers has for the first time been deciphered by an international team of researchers. Bacterial populations have co-evolved with humans over millions ... full story -
Lens Turns Any Smartphone Into a Portable Microscope
Apr. 15, 2014 — The Micro Phone Lens can turn any smartphone or tablet computer into a hand-held microscope. The soft, pliable lens sticks to a device's camera without any adhesive or glue and makes it possible ... full story -
Biologists Develop Nanosensors to Visualize Movements and Distribution of Plant Stress Hormone
Apr. 15, 2014 — Biologists have succeeded in visualizing the movement within plants of a key hormone responsible for growth and resistance to drought. The achievement will allow researchers to conduct further ... full story -
Gut Capacity Limits Bird's Ability to Adapt to Rapid Climate Change
Apr. 15, 2014 — An ornithologist has found that the capacity of a bird’s gut to change with environmental conditions is a primary limiting factor in their ability to adapt to the rapidly changing climate. And he ... full story -
Tiger Beetle's Chase Highlights Mechanical Law
Apr. 15, 2014 — If an insect drew a line as it chased its next meal, the resulting pattern would be a tangled mess. But there’s method to that mess: It turns out the tiger beetle, known for its speed and agility, ... full story -
Genetic Pre-Disposition Toward Exercise, Mental Development May Be Linked
Apr. 15, 2014 — A potential link between the genetic pre-disposition for high levels of exercise motivation and the speed at which mental maturation occurs has been found by researchers. These scientists studied the ... full story -
Key to Easy Asthma Diagnosis Is in the Blood
Apr. 15, 2014 — Using just a single drop of blood, a team of researchers has developed a faster, cheaper and more accurate tool for diagnosing even mild cases of asthma. This handheld technology — which takes ... full story -
Regenerated Esophagus Transplanted in Rats
Apr. 15, 2014 — Tissue engineering has been used to construct natural esophagi, which in combination with bone marrow stem cells have been safely and effectively transplanted in rats. The study shows that the ... full story -
Sibling Cooperation in Earwig Families Provides Clues to the Early Evolution of Social Behavior
Apr. 15, 2014 — Looking at the question of how social behavior has developed over the course of evolution, scientists have gained new insights from the study of earwigs. "Young earwig offspring don't ... full story -
Unexpected Protein Partnership Has Implications for Cancer Treatment
Apr. 15, 2014 — Two unlikely partners in a type of immune cell called a macrophage that work together in response to cancer drugs have been found by researchers. This partnership increases inflammation in a way that ... full story -
Vitamin D Deficiency, Cognition Appear to Be Linked in Older Adults
Apr. 15, 2014 — A study that looks at Vitamin D deficiency and cognition relationship in older adults adds to the existing literature on the subject. "This study provides increasing evidence that suggests there ... full story
- Antibiotics improve growth in children in developing countries
- New study outlines 'water world' theory of life's origins
- The human food connection: Authentic Puerto Rican food in Connecticut
- New technique will accelerate genetic characterization of photosynthesis
- Mouse model would have predicted toxicity of drug that killed 5 in 1993 clinical trial
- Chrono, the last piece of the circadian clock puzzle?
- Potent, puzzling and (now less) toxic: Team discovers how antifungal drug works
- Changes in processing, handling could reduce commercial fishing injuries
- Breaking bad mitochondria: How hepatitis C survives for so long
- Lifestyle determines gut microbes: Study with modern hunter-gatherers tells tale of bacteria co-evolution
- Lens turns any smartphone into a portable microscope
- Biologists develop nanosensors to visualize movements and distribution of plant stress hormone
- Gut capacity limits bird's ability to adapt to rapid climate change
- Tiger beetle's chase highlights mechanical law
- Genetic pre-disposition toward exercise, mental development may be linked
- Key to easy asthma diagnosis is in the blood
- Regenerated esophagus transplanted in rats
- Sibling cooperation in earwig families provides clues to the early evolution of social behavior
- Unexpected protein partnership has implications for cancer treatment
- Vitamin D deficiency, cognition appear to be linked in older adults
- Predicting bioavailable cadmium levels in soils
- Hair from infants gives clues about life in womb
- Whooping cough bacterium evolving in Australia, research shows
- Bizarre parasite may provide cuttlefish clues
- Obesity: Are lipids hard drugs for the brain?
- Deforestation could intensify climate change in Congo Basin by half
- Nanocrystalline cellulose modified into efficient viral inhibitor
- Moth study suggests hidden climate change impacts
- Penicillin redux: Rearming proven warriors for the 21st century
- Faithful allies since the Cretaceous: Symbiosis between beewolves and protective bacteria originated millions of years ago
- Fire and drought may push Amazonian forests beyond tipping point
- Ferns borrowed genes to flourish in low light
- Dog ownership benefits families of children with autism
- Making dams safer for fish around the world
- Four new species of 'killer sponges' from the deep sea
- Long-term antibiotic treatment for Q fever causes weight gain
- Three new species of yellow-shouldered bats discovered in museum collections
- 'MicroRNA' could be key target for bowel cancer treatment
- Neuroscientists: Brain activity may mark beginning of memories
- SpaceX’s Dragon headed to space station to create astronaut farmers
- Nutrient-rich forests absorb more carbon
- Result of slow degradation on environmental pollutants
- Endemic in pork industry: Will new tests prevent it?
- Wolves at the door: Study finds recent wolf-dog hybridization in Caucasus region
- Single cell genomics technique developed to reverse-engineer developing lung
- Genetically modified tobacco plants as an alternative for producing bioethanol
- Does germ plasm accelerate evolution?
- Beneficial organisms react differently to parasite drug
- Little-known Arctic comb jelly found in the Baltic Sea and Arctic
- Look who's evolving now: Using robots to study evolution
- Efficient analysis of small quantity of cells improves chances to understand disease
- Protein crystal experiment set to fly to International Space Station
- Gene linked to pediatric kidney cancer suggests new strategies for kidney regeneration
- Dual role of carbon dioxide in photosynthesis: Pioneering findings
- New mouse model could revolutionize research in Alzheimer's disease
- Finding the switch: Researchers create roadmap for gene expression
- How a Silly Putty ingredient could advance stem cell therapies
- Virus-fighting genes linked to mutations in cancer: Genetic evidence supports role of gene family in cancer development
- Ocean acidification robs reef fish of their fear of predators
- Sharpening microscope images: New technique takes cues from astronomy, ophthalmology
- Manipulating the metabolic process in cells may compensate for defects that can shorten cell life
- Computer rendering: Graduate student brings extinct plants 'back to life'
- Warming climate has consequences for Michigan's forests
- Green space keeps you from feeling blue
- Protein researchers closing in on the mystery of schizophrenia
- Sensitive balance in immune system: How one molecule can affect health outcomes
- Devil in disguise: Small coral-eating worm may mean big trouble for reefs
- Sharks contain more pollutants than polar bears
- Taming of the shrew: Bicolored shrew a health risk for horses
- Splice variants reveal connections among autism genes
- Scientists grow cartilage to reconstruct nose
- 3-D printing cancer cells to mimic tumors
- Scientists report success growing cartilage to reconstruct nostrils and implanting tissue-engineered vaginal organs into humans
- Laboratory-grown vaginas implanted in patients
- Antennae help flies 'cruise' in gusty winds
- Forever clean? Metal–organic 'micromushrooms' repel all
- Bioanalysis: Microbeads are easily fixed
- Possible new target to attack flu virus identified
- World ranking tracks evolutionary distinctness of birds
- 'Dinosaurs of the turtle world' at risk in Southeast U.S. rivers
- Tumor-suppressor connects with histone protein to hinder gene expression
- Yeast provides genetic clues on drug response
- Plants evolve ways to control embryo growth
- Fruit flies, fighter jets use similar nimble tactics when under attack
- Finding the target: How timing is critical in establishing an olfactory wiring map
- Rare fossilized embryos more than 500 million years old found
- Health of ecosystems on U.S. golf courses better than predicted, researchers find
- Enzyme 'wrench' could be key to stronger, more effective antibiotics
- Nature: Poor mimics can succeed as long as they mimic the right trait
- Mechanism that regulates lung function in disease Birt-Hogg-Dube syndrome found
- Ancient 'spider' images reveal eye-opening secrets
- Too much protein may kill brain cells as Parkinson's progresses
- How a bird flu virus spreads could prevent pandemics
- Mercury contamination threatens Antarctic birds
- Iconic boreal bird species declining in the Adirondacks
- Influenza has an Achilles' Heel: New drug reduces flu mortality
- How mechanical forces affect T-cell recognition, signaling
- Decades-old mystery solved of how cells keep from bursting
- Microgravity research helping to understand the fungi within
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