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New Understanding of Asthma Development: Transmission of Respiratory Viruses in Utero
April 18, 2013 The most common cause of lower respiratory tract infections in infants and young children, respiratory syncytial virus, can be transferred during pregnancy to an unborn baby, according to new ... > full story -
High-Salt Diet and Ulcer Bug Combine to Increase Risk of Cancer
April 18, 2013 Numerous epidemiologic studies have shown that a diet high in salt is associated with an increased risk of gastric cancer. Now researchers have shown that high dietary salt combined with infection by ... > full story -
New Understanding of Rare White Shark Movement Around Hawai'i
April 18, 2013 A new study sheds light on the relatively rare but occasionally recorded presence of white sharks in waters surrounding the Hawaiian Islands, and suggests a new method to help distinguish between ... > full story -
Weeding out Ineffective Biocontrol Agents
April 18, 2013 Biocontrol programs use an invasive plant's natural enemies (insects and pathogens) to reduce its population. Most biocontrol programs combine many different enemies. Some combinations of enemy ... > full story -
Sea-Ice Ecosystem Possibly Triggered Evolution of Baleen Whales and Penguins
April 18, 2013 The origin of the unique plankton ecosystem of the circum-Antarctic Southern Ocean can be traced back to the emergence of the Antarctic ice sheets approximately 33.6 million years ago. This discovery ... > full story -
Neural Activity in Bats Measured in-Flight
April 18, 2013 Scientists have, for the first time, measured the activity of place cells in the brains of bats as they navigated in three-dimensional ... > full story -
When It Comes to Survival of the Fittest, Stress Is a Good Thing, Squirrel Study Shows
April 18, 2013 Researchers have shown for the first time how females' use social cues to correctly prepare their offspring for life outside the nest. The results confirm that red squirrel mothers boosted stress ... > full story -
Rats' and Bats' Brains Work Differently on the Move
April 18, 2013 A new study of brain rhythms in bats and rats challenges a widely-used model -- based on rodent studies -- of how animals navigate their environment. To get a clearer picture of processes in the ... > full story -
Age Matters to Antarctic Clams: Age Matters When It Comes to Adapting to the Effects of Climate Change
April 18, 2013 A new study of Antarctic clams reveals that age matters when it comes to adapting to the effects of climate change. The research provides new insight and understanding of the likely impact of ... > full story -
Dinosaur Egg Study Supports Evolutionary Link Between Birds and Dinosaurs: How Troodon Likely Hatched Its Young
April 18, 2013 A small, bird-like North American dinosaur incubated its eggs in a similar way to brooding birds -- bolstering the evolutionary link between birds and dinosaurs, researchers have ... > full story
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