Many public health researchers take advantage of ‘natural experiments’ — comparing people’s calorie consumption or…
Month: March 2015
Food-delivery process inside seeds revealed
Inside every seed is the embryo of a plant, and in most cases also a…
Levee detonations reduced 2011 flood risk on Mississippi River, study finds
A controversial decision in 2011 to blow up Mississippi River levees reduced the risk of…
Squid enrich their DNA ‘blueprint’ through prolific RNA editing
RNA editing of genomic information was thought to be sparingly used, based on a limited…
Pigs gain the same with corn-ethanol co-product as with corn-soybean meal diet, says study
Distillers dried grains with solubles, or DDGS, are increasingly common in swine diets in the…
Shrinking habitats have adverse effects on world ecosystems
An extensive study of global habitat fragmentation — the division of habitats into smaller and…
Changes in a blood-based molecular pathway identified in Alzheimer’s disease
New research identifies a bridge between the mechanisms that spur the destruction of neurons in…
Photodynamic therapy for pancreatic cancer made simpler, cheaper
Research finds the values measured with dynamic contrast enhanced computer tomography strongly correlated with fluorescence…
Navigators are integral to clinical research process, study concludes
Qualified investigators are more likely to respond to opportunities for clinical trials if they are…
Backup system that helps sustain liver during crisis discovered
An antioxidant system that helps sustain the liver when other systems are missing or compromised…