Science news articles about 'vagaries'

Large doses of a red wine ingredient can ward off many of the vagaries of aging in mice who begin taking it at midlife, according to a new report published online on July 3rd in Cell Metabolism, a ...

... rare but clinically important adverse effects of diabetes management is unsatisfactory," he continues. "The vagaries of meta-analyses make them unreliable. On the other hand, increasing the size and ...

... tiny organisms, the situation is different. Microbes' speed and direction are subjected more to the physical vagaries of the fluid around them. "For bacteria to swim in water," explained Jay Tang, ...

... plants, predation by herbivores, infestation by parasites, exposure to disease, and the vagaries of weather. Under these conditions, it’s not surprising that a plant will take any advantage it can ...

... movements of humans within and among continents, the expansions and contractions of populations, and the vagaries of genetic chance – have heavily influenced the distribution of genetic variations in ...

... ABBA lyrics you heard in seventh grade but can't remember Lincoln's Gettysburg address, the vagaries of LTP might be to blame. Neuroscientists think that the process, in which a brain synapse becomes ...

Experts say overly rosy projections on vaccine supplies did not take account for the vagaries of vaccine production.

By taking advantage of the vagaries of the natural world, Duke University engineers have developed a novel approach that they believe can more efficiently harvest electricity from the motions of ...

... large organisms with relatively small population sizes -- compared to microbes -- are subject to the vagaries of random genetic drift and hence the accumulation of very mildly deleterious mutations," ...