Wildlife tourists frequently mistaking animals’ warnings of aggression for ‘smiles’ and ‘kisses’, leading to welfare…
Month: May 2017
Secret of sperm’s ‘bendy’ tail revealed
A sperm tail utilizes interconnected elastic springs to transmit mechanical information to distant parts of…
Health care process a roadblock for adolescents with autism and their caregivers
As more children with autism enter adulthood, improved communication between providers, adolescents and caregivers is…
Stormwater retention ponds may not protect surface waters from road salt contamination
Routing runoff contaminated with road salts to stormwater ponds actually resulted in plumes of highly…
Young adult substance abuse down 42 percent among PROSPER program participants
Children who participated in the PROSPER (PROmoting School-community-university Partnerships to Enhance Resilience) program over seven…
Lower targets for systolic blood pressure suggested by study
Reducing target systolic blood pressure below current recommendations significantly reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease…
New tech promises easier cervical cancer screening
Researchers have developed a handheld device for cervical cancer screening that promises to do away…
Game changing strategy for pain relief developed
Researchers have developed a new drug delivery strategy able to block pain within the nerve…
How our brains integrate online reviews into our own product preferences
Researchers have identified how the human brain integrates social information when a person decides how…
Like chimpanzees, humans may console victims of aggression out of empathy
Like chimpanzees, humans may console their threatened peers out of empathy, according to a new…