A tiny shark tooth, part of a mantis shrimp and other microscopic marine organisms reveal…
Month: May 2017
Elephant herpes: Super-shedders endanger young animals
Elephants have species-specific herpesviruses, which frequently lead to death, especially in the young. Researchers have…
Migrating mule deer track ‘green waves’ of spring forage
New research has documented that these economically and ecologically important game animals are not just…
Modified soybeans yield more in future climate conditions
Researchers proved engineered soybeans yield more than conventional soybeans in 2050’s predicted climatic conditions after…
Diving deep, researchers find wealth of fish
Marine biologists for the first time have documented a wealth of fish in the ‘vastly…
Researchers advance low-cost, low-tech Zika virus surveillance tool
Using loop-mediated isothermal amplification, or LAMP, researchers found that they could easily detect Zika virus…
Doctors should question the value of most heavily promoted drugs
Top promoted drugs are less likely than top selling and top prescribed drugs to be…
Parkinson’s in a dish: Researchers reproduce brain oscillations
Abnormal oscillations in neurons that control movement, which likely cause the tremors that characterize Parkinson’s…
Antibiotic doxycycline may offer hope for treatment of Parkinson’s disease
Doxycycline, an antibiotic used for over half a century against bacterial infections, can be prescribed…
New catalyst for water splitting developed
Water-splitting systems require a very efficient catalyst to speed up the chemical reaction that splits…