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Even Farm Animal Diversity Is Declining as Accelerating Species Loss Threatens Humanity
May 27, 2013 The accelerating disappearance of Earth's species of both wild and domesticated plants and animals constitutes a fundamental threat to the well-being and even the survival of humankind, warn ... > full story -
New Gene Discovery for Babies Born With Hole in the Heart
May 27, 2013 A new gene associated with a form of congenital heart disease in newborn babies – known as “a hole in the heart” has been discovered by ... > full story -
Rats Have a Double View of the World
May 27, 2013 Scientists using miniaturized high-speed cameras and high-speed behavioral tracking have discovered that rats move their eyes in opposite directions in both the horizontal and the vertical plane when ... > full story -
Antarctic Polar Icecap Is 33.6 Million Years Old, Researchers Show
May 27, 2013 Seasonal primary productivity of plankton communities appeared with the first ice. This phenomenon, still active today, influences global food webs. These findings are based on fossil records in ... > full story -
Can Plastic Be Made from Algae?
May 27, 2013 Algae are an interesting natural resource because they proliferate quickly. They are not impinging on food production. And they need nothing but sunlight and a bit of waste water to grow on. ... > full story -
Bechstein's Bat Is More Mediterranean Than Originally Thought
May 27, 2013 Although the Bechstein’s bat is regarded as a Euro-Siberian species, a new study has revealed that the historical transformation of part of its original habitat rather than bioclimatic reasons ... > full story -
Language Is in Our Biology
May 27, 2013 If you want to master languages, you should pick your parents with care, new research from Norway shows. A good working memory is perhaps the brain's most important system when it comes to learning a ... > full story -
GATA-3 Is Important for Regulation and Maintenance of Immune System
May 27, 2013 The protein GATA-3 plays an important role in mammalian immune response, but its overall function in cell development and cancer formation is not well understood. In an effort to further define the ... > full story -
First Drug to Significantly Improve Heart Failure Mortality in Over a Decade
May 25, 2013 Coenzyme Q10 decreases all cause mortality by half, according to new results. It is the first drug to improve heart failure mortality in over a decade and should be added to standard treatment, ... > full story -
Heart Failure Accelerates Male 'Menopause'
May 25, 2013 Heart failure accelerates the aging process and brings on early andropausal syndrome (AS), according to new research. AS, also referred to as male 'menopause', was four times more common in men with ... > full story
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