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Madagascar: New mouse lemur species discovered
Madagascar is a biodiversity hotspot. In the last 20 years new lemur species have been discovered while forested habitats have been quickly disappearing. Recent reports by the IUCN (International Union...
Men pass flying disc 5,341 times in one hour for Guinness record
A pair of Idaho men smashed a Guinness World Record when they threw a flying disc back and forth 5,341 times in one hour.
Ultra-low power brain implants find meaningful signal in grey matter noise
By tuning into a subset of brain waves, University of Michigan researchers have dramatically reduced the power requirements of neural interfaces while improving their accuracy—a discovery that could lead to...
How airway cells work together in regeneration and aging
Researchers at the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCLA have identified the process by which stem cells in the airways of the lungs switch between...
A New Way to Target Cancers Using ‘Synthetic Lethality’
With advances in genome sequencing, cancer treatments have increasingly sought to leverage the idea of “synthetic lethality,” exploiting cancer-specific genetic defects to identify targets that are uniquely essential to the...
Royana Black, Broadway and 'Raising Miranda' actress, dies at 47
Royana Black, who played Miranda Marshack on "Raising Miranda," died July 14 following a battle with cancer.
Researchers identify evolutionary origins of SARS-CoV-2
By reconstructing the evolutionary history of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that is responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, an international research team of Chinese, European, and U.S. scientists has discovered that the...
Researchers complete first-ever chromosomal-level genome sequencing of a freshwater sponge
Scientists have completed the first chromosomal-level genome sequence for a freshwater sponge—offering insight into how the sponge has evolved over 600 to 800 million years, and possibly leading to genetic...
'Underserved and underfunded': Inside California's county hit hardest by COVID-19
As most of California begins a second shutdown over the coronavirus outbreak, no place has been hit as hard as Imperial County.
Hydrogel mimics human brain with memorizing and forgetting ability
Hokkaido University researchers have found a soft and wet material that can memorize, retrieve, and forget information, much like the human brain. They report their findings in the journal Proceedings...
Tahlequah: Killer whale who carried dead calf for days is pregnant
Tahlequah captured the world's attention when spotted carrying her dead calf for 17 days.
Seafood products made from cells should be labeled cell-based
Companies seeking to commercialize seafood products made from the cells of fish or shellfish should use the term "cell-based" on product labels, according to a Rutgers study—the first of its...
New study reveals how day- and night-biting mosquitoes respond differently to colors of light and time of day
In a new study, researchers found that night- versus day-biting species of mosquitoes are behaviorally attracted and repelled by different colors of light at different times of day. Mosquitoes are...
Highly invasive lung cancer cells have longer 'fingers'
Tiny finger-like projections called filopodia drive invasive behavior in a rare subset of lung cancer cells. Analysis of molecular features distinguishing leader from follower cells focuses on filopodia and the...
How day- and night-biting mosquitoes respond differently to colors of light and time of day
In a new study, researchers found that night- versus day-biting species of mosquitoes are behaviorally attracted and repelled by different colors of light at different times of day. Mosquitoes are...
How airway cells work together in regeneration and aging
Researchers have identified the process by which stem cells in the airways of the lungs switch between two distinct phases -- creating more of themselves and producing mature airway cells...
Hydrogel mimics human brain with memorizing and forgetting ability
Researchers have found a soft and wet material that can memorize, retrieve, and forget information, much like the human brain.
Rising temps put desert shrubs in high-efficiency mode
Research shows that one shrub, the brittlebush, is adapting, and showing a remarkable ability to respond to increased temperature and aridity.
This farmer in Pomona will inspire you to plant your own garden, no matter how small
Farmer Rishi Kumar grows top-tier fruits and offers gardening tips on Instagram: "Gardening is such an important way of connecting with the earth, connecting with ourselves and eating well."
Unparalleled inventory of the human gut ecosystem
Scientists gathered and published over 200,000 genomes from the human gut microbiome. The catalogue reveals that more than 70% of bacterial species in the human gut have never been grown...
Ultra-low power brain implants find meaningful signal in grey matter noise
By tuning into a subset of brain waves, researchers have dramatically reduced the power requirements of neural interfaces while improving their accuracy -- a discovery that could lead to long-lasting...
Return of the zombie cicadas: Manipulative qualities of fungal-infected flyers
Cicadas infected with the parasitic fungus Massospora unknowingly engage in trickery with their fellow insects, resulting in effective disease transmission, according to new research. Massospora manipulates male cicadas into flicking...
Novel label-free imaging technique brings out the inner light within T cells
A new imaging method uses the natural autofluorescence within cells to assess T cell activity. The technique could help assess T cell involvement in immunotherapies.
Look: Rare blue lobster at Red Lobster gets new home at Ohio zoo
A rare blue lobster delivered to a Red Lobster restaurant in Ohio was spared from gracing a patron's dinner plate when employees found it a new home at a zoo.
Artificial Intelligence to identify individual birds of same species
Humans have a hard time identifying individual birds just by looking at the patterns on their plumage. An international study has now shown how computers can learn to differentiate individual...
Watch: Taemin teases single for new album 'Never Gonna Dance Again'
K-pop star Taemin will release the single "2 Kids: Never Gonna Dance Again: Prologue" ahead of "Never Gonna Dance Again," a new, two-part album.
The big gulp: Inside-out protection of parasitic worms against host defenses
A team of developmental biologists at the Morgridge Institute for Research has discovered a means by which schistosomes, parasitic worms that infect more than 200 million people in tropical climates,...
Return of the zombie cicadas: Team unearths manipulative qualities of fungal-infected flyers
Cicadas infected with the parasitic fungus Massospora unknowingly engage in trickery with their fellow insects, resulting in effective disease transmission, according to West Virginia University-led research.