Agricultural practices create opportunities for crop DNA to invade wild plant gene pools. This allelic…
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240-million-year-old fossils indicate how dinosaurs grew from hatchlings to adults
Paleontologists have found that muscle-scarred fossil leg bones of one of the closest cousins of…
Irregular heart rhythm may affect walking, strength in older adults
When people over age 70 develop atrial fibrillation, the most common type of irregular heartbeat,…
Hispanics/Latinos at higher risk for cardiac dysfunction, heart failure
Hispanics/Latinos have higher rates of cardiac dysfunction but are rarely aware they have the heart-pumping…
A lesson from wheat evolution: From the wild to our spaghetti dish
Scientists examined the rich evolutionary history of pasta wheat by measuring the changes in metabolic…
How printing a 3-D skull helped save a real one
Doctors 3D printed a 15-year-old’s skull to prepare for surgery to remove a rare tumor…
Suicide risk can be intercepted in the emergency department
Universal suicide risk screening in emergency departments nearly doubled the number of patients who were…
Model aids efforts to reduce cost of carbon nanostructures for industry, research
A simulation technique has been developed as part of a project to help reduce the…
Cancer link offers another reason to avoid highly processed carbs
A new study finds that consuming sugary beverages, processed foods and other energy-dense carbohydrate-containing foods…
Scientists find safer way to make common blood thinner heparin
Contaminated heparin has caused the deaths of dozens of U.S. patients in recent years. Scientists…