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Released: 9-Jun-2016 2:05 PM EDT
Camouflage Influences Life-and-Death Decisions That Animals Make
University of Exeter

Nesting birds time their escape from an approaching predator depending on how well camouflaged their eggs and their own bodies are, researchers from the University of Exeter and the University of Cambridge have discovered.

7-Jun-2016 7:05 AM EDT
Climate Change Mitigation: Turning CO2 Into Rock
University of Southampton

An international team of scientists have found a potentially viable way to remove anthropogenic (caused or influenced by humans) carbon dioxide emissions from the atmosphere – turn it into rock.

Released: 9-Jun-2016 12:05 PM EDT
Study Finds Link Between 2015 Melting Greenland Ice, Faster Arctic Warming
University of Georgia

A new study provides the first evidence that links melting ice in Greenland to a phenomenon known as Arctic amplification—faster warming of the Arctic compared to the rest of the Northern Hemisphere as sea ice disappears.

6-Jun-2016 10:00 AM EDT
Study Sets Standards for Evaluating Pluripotent Stem Cell Quality
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

As the promise of using regenerative stem cell therapies draws closer, a consortium of biomedical scientists reports about 30 percent of induced pluripotent stem cells they analyzed from 10 research institutions were genetically unstable and not safe for clinical use. In a study published June 9 by the journal Stem Cell Reports, the multi-institutional research team reports on the comprehensive characterization of a large set of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs).

Released: 9-Jun-2016 11:05 AM EDT
A New Way for Prevention of Pathogenic Protein Misfolding
Aarhus University

Incorrectly folded proteins can cause a variety of diseases. Danish researchers have found a solution for preventing this misfolding.

8-Jun-2016 10:00 AM EDT
Concussion Outcome Predicted Using Advanced Imaging
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Researchers, led by Michael Lipton, M.D., Ph.D., at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Health System, using an advanced imaging technique, have been able to predict which patients who’d recently suffered concussions were likely to fully recover.

Released: 9-Jun-2016 10:05 AM EDT
New Research Shines Light on Surprising Numbers and Evolutionary Variety of Bioluminescent Ocean Fish
University of Kansas

A study appearing in the journal PLOS ONE this week shows that bioluminescence -- the production of light from a living organism -- is more widespread among marine fishes than previously understood.

7-Jun-2016 10:55 PM EDT
Yuck Factor May Boost Hand Hygiene Compliance
Henry Ford Health

The yuck factor may be an effective tool for boosting hand hygiene compliance among health care workers, according to a study at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. Infection Prevention and Control specialists observed that showing magnified images of bacteria found on things common in the health care environment like a mouse pad or work station, even a person’s hand, swayed workers in four patient care units to do a better job of cleaning their hands. Compliance rates improved on average by nearly 24 percent.

7-Jun-2016 1:00 PM EDT
Black Hole Deluged by Cold Intergalactic 'Rain'
National Radio Astronomy Observatory

Astronomers using ALMA have witnessed a never-before-seen cosmic weather event – a cluster of towering intergalactic gas clouds raining in on the supermassive black hole at the center of an elliptical galaxy one billion light-years from Earth.

Released: 8-Jun-2016 10:05 AM EDT
Johns Hopkins Team Makes Hobby Drones Crash to Expose Design Flaws
 Johns Hopkins University

New research raises concerns about how easily hackers could take control of flying drones and land or, more drastically, crash them.

Released: 7-Jun-2016 9:05 PM EDT
Sea Snakes Have Extra Sense for Water Living
University of Adelaide

The move from life on land to life in the sea has led to the evolution of a new sense for sea snakes, a University of Adelaide-led study suggests.

7-Jun-2016 11:00 AM EDT
Hiking, Hunting Has Minor Effects on Mammals in Protected Eastern Forests
North Carolina State University

Overall impact of recreation on wildlife was minor compared with factors such as large undisturbed forest habitat and local housing density.

7-Jun-2016 7:05 PM EDT
Chemical Analysis of Amazonian Fish Ear-Stones May Inform Conservation Efforts
Virginia Tech

Researchers describe the use of chemical analysis of ear-stones or “otoliths” to tease out details of a fish’s life story, potentially revealing the migratory routes and environments the fish encountered in its travels.

6-Jun-2016 6:05 AM EDT
Mammals Began Their Takeover Long Before the Death of the Dinosaurs
University of Southampton

New research reports that, contrary to popular belief, mammals began their massive diversification 10 to 20 million years before the extinction of the dinosaurs.

Released: 7-Jun-2016 3:05 PM EDT
Universe's First Life Might Have Been Born on Carbon Planets
Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian

Our Earth consists of silicate rocks and an iron core with a thin veneer of water and life. But the first potentially habitable worlds to form might have been very different. New research suggests that planet formation in the early universe might have created carbon planets consisting of graphite, carbides, and diamond. Astronomers might find these diamond worlds by searching a rare class of stars.

Released: 7-Jun-2016 8:05 AM EDT
Origami Ninja Star Inspires New Battery Design
Binghamton University, State University of New York

A new disposable battery that folds like an origami ninja star could power biosensors and other small devices for use in challenging field conditions, says an engineer at Binghamton University, State University of New York. Seokheun “Sean” Choi, assistant professor of computer and electrical engineering at Binghamton University, along with two of his students, developed the device, a microbial fuel cell that runs on the bacteria available in a few drops of dirty water. They report on their invention in a new paper published online in the journal Biosensors and Bioelectronics.

Released: 7-Jun-2016 1:05 AM EDT
Glass Now Has Smart Potential
University of Adelaide

Australian researchers at the University of Adelaide have developed a method for embedding light-emitting nanoparticles into glass without losing any of their unique properties – a major step towards ‘smart glass’ applications such as 3D display screens or remote radiation sensors.

1-Jun-2016 3:05 PM EDT
Almost All Food and Beverage Products Marketed by Music Stars Are Unhealthy, According to New Study
NYU Langone Health

NYU Langone researchers publish first study to quantify nutritional quality of food and drinks endorsed by music celebrities popular among teens.

4-Jun-2016 7:05 PM EDT
More Sex Partners Before Marriage Doesn’t Necessarily Lead to Divorce
University of Utah

New research from University of Utah researcher Nicholas H. Wolfinger explores counterintuitive trends in the link between premarital sex and marital stability.

Released: 3-Jun-2016 3:05 PM EDT
Scientists Find Genetic Cause of Multiple Sclerosis
University of British Columbia

Scientists at the University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health have proven that multiple sclerosis (MS) can be caused by a single genetic mutation – a rare alteration in DNA that makes it very likely a person will develop the more devastating form of the neurological disease.

Released: 2-Jun-2016 12:05 PM EDT
3-D Simulations Illuminate Supernova Explosions
Argonne National Laboratory

Researchers from Michigan State University are using Mira to perform large-scale 3-D simulations of the final moments of a supernova’s life cycle. While the 3-D simulation approach is still in its infancy, early results indicate that the models are providing a clearer picture than ever before of the mechanisms that drive supernova explosions.

Released: 2-Jun-2016 11:30 AM EDT
NASA's Hubble Finds Universe Is Expanding Faster Than Expected
Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)

Hubble Space Telescope astronomers have discovered that the universe is expanding 5-9% percent faster than expected. They made the discovery by refining the universe's current expansion rate to unprecedented accuracy, reducing the uncertainty to only 2.4%. The team made the refinements by developing innovative techniques that improved the precision of distance measurements to faraway galaxies. These measurements are fundamental to making more precise calculations of how fast the universe expands with time, a value called the Hubble constant.

Released: 1-Jun-2016 4:05 PM EDT
Kodiak Bears Track Salmon Runs in Alaska
University of Montana

A University of Montana graduate student's research on Alaskan brown bears and red salmon is the May cover story of the high-profile journal Ecology.

Released: 1-Jun-2016 3:05 PM EDT
Ancient Rice May Hold Key to Solving the Puzzle of the Settlement of Madagascar
University of Bristol

Archaeologists studying the distribution of ancient rice believe they may be close to solving one of the enduring mysteries of the ancient world - how people of South East Asian origin ended up living on the African island of Madagascar, 6,000 km away.

Released: 1-Jun-2016 2:05 PM EDT
Shift Work Unwinds Body Clocks, Leading to More Severe Strokes
Texas A&M University

Employees (or shift workers), who punch in for graveyard or rotating shifts, are more prone to numerous health hazards, from heart attacks to obesity, and now, new research, published in Endocrinology, shows shift work may also have serious implications for the brain.

27-May-2016 4:10 PM EDT
Americans Accept and Engage in Same-Sex Experiences More Than Ever
Florida Atlantic University

A new study shows a fundamental shift in Americans’ attitudes about same-sex behavior. Since the 1990s, the percentage of adults who accept same-sex behavior has quadrupled, and those who have participated in same-sex experiences has doubled. These increases were among all generations, with Millennials leading the way.

31-May-2016 6:00 PM EDT
Using Biosolids to Fix Cities
Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)

The Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) June 1 Soils Matter blog post explains that biosolids are actually one of the most scientifically studied products for use in agriculture and home gardens. And they are being used to fix industrial sites – and used productively in home gardens as well!

Released: 31-May-2016 3:05 PM EDT
'Dirty Blizzard' Sent 2010 Gulf Oil Spill Pollution to Seafloor
Earth Institute at Columbia University

Scientists working in the Gulf of Mexico have found that contaminants from the massive 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill lingered in the subsurface water for months after oil on the surface had been swept up or dispersed. In a new study, they also detailed how remnants of the oil, black carbon from burning oil slicks and contaminants from drilling mud combined with microscopic algae and other marine debris to descend in a "dirty blizzard" to the seafloor.

Released: 31-May-2016 9:05 AM EDT
How the Brain Makes – and Breaks – a Habit
University of California San Diego

Not all habits are bad. Some are even necessary. But inability to switch from acting habitually to acting in a deliberate way can underlie addiction and obsessive compulsive disorders. Working with a mouse model, an international team of researchers demonstrates what happens in the brain for habits to control behavior.

Released: 31-May-2016 9:00 AM EDT
Ecologists Advise an Increase in Prescribed Grassland Burning to Maintain Ecosystem, Livelihood
Kansas State University

At least 50 percent of the tallgrass prairie in the Flint Hills is burned every three to four years or less frequently and is susceptible to becoming shrubland if fire frequencies are not increased.

25-May-2016 2:05 PM EDT
Increased Marrying, and Mating, by Education Level Not Affecting Genetic Make-Up, New Study Finds
New York University

While the latter half of the 20th century showed a widening gap between the more and less educated with respect to marriage and fertility, this trend has not significantly altered the genetic makeup of subsequent generations, a team of researchers has found.

   
Released: 27-May-2016 4:05 PM EDT
Fast, Stretchy Circuits Could Yield New Wave of Wearable Electronics
University of Wisconsin–Madison

A team of University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers has created the world's fastest stretchable, wearable integrated circuits, an advance that could drive the Internet of Things and a much more connected, high-speed wireless world.

Released: 26-May-2016 3:05 PM EDT
Antarctic Fossils Reveal Creatures Weren't Safer in the South During Dinosaur Extinction
University of Leeds

A study of more than 6,000 marine fossils from the Antarctic shows that the mass extinction event that killed the dinosaurs was sudden and just as deadly to life in the polar regions.

23-May-2016 11:00 PM EDT
How a Huge Landslide Shaped Zion National Park
University of Utah

A Utah mountainside collapsed 4,800 years ago in a gargantuan landslide known as a “rock avalanche,” creating the flat floor of what is now Zion National Park by damming the Virgin River to create a lake that existed for 700 years.

24-May-2016 11:45 AM EDT
How Do You Kill a Malaria Parasite? Clog It with Cholesterol
Drexel University

Drexel scientists have discovered an unusual mechanism for how two antimalarial drugs kill Plasmodium parasites. Amidst growing concerns about drug resistance, these findings could help to develop more effective drugs against the disease.

Released: 26-May-2016 12:00 PM EDT
Spring Snow a No-Go?
University of Utah

Spring snowpack, relied on by ski resorts and water managers throughout the Western United States, may be more vulnerable to a warming climate in coming decades, according to a new University of Utah study.

Released: 25-May-2016 2:05 PM EDT
Tiny Vampires
University of California, Santa Barbara

Paleobiologist Susannah Porter finds evidence of predation in ancient microbial ecosystems dating back more than 740 million years.

23-May-2016 1:45 PM EDT
Scientists Block Breast Cancer Cells From Hiding in Bones
Duke Health

Scientists at the Duke Cancer Institute have identified a molecular key that breast cancer cells use to invade bone marrow in mice, where they may be protected from chemotherapy or hormonal therapies that could otherwise eradicate them.

25-May-2016 2:00 PM EDT
‘Wonderful’ and ‘Thankful’ Versus ‘Battle’ and ‘Enemy’ -- Do Women and Men Communicate Differently?
Stony Brook University

In a computational analysis of the words used by more than 65,000 consenting Facebook users in some 10 million messages, it was discovered that women use language that is warmer and more agreeable than men.

Released: 25-May-2016 1:05 PM EDT
Supermassive Black Holes in 'Red Geyser' Galaxies Cause Galactic Warming
University of Kentucky

An international team of scientists, including the University of Kentucky's Renbin Yan, is solving one of the biggest unsolved mysteries in galaxy evolution.

23-May-2016 11:00 PM EDT
Brit Accents Vex U.S. Hearing-Impaired Elderly
University of Utah

Older Americans with some hearing loss shouldn’t feel alone if they have trouble understanding British TV sagas like “Downton Abbey.” A small study from the University of Utah suggests hearing-impaired senior citizens have more trouble than young people comprehending British accents when there is background noise.

Released: 25-May-2016 10:05 AM EDT
Spring Comes Sooner to Urban Heat Islands, with Potential Consequences for Wildlife
University of Wisconsin–Madison

With spring now fully sprung, a new study by University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers shows that buds burst earlier in dense urban areas than in their suburban and rural surroundings. This may be music to urban gardeners’ ears, but that tune could be alarming to some native and migratory birds and bugs.

25-May-2016 5:00 AM EDT
Zika Virus May Be Linked to More Eye Problems in Brazilian Babies with Microcephaly
American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO)

Researchers from Brazil and Stanford University report on an ocular case study of three Brazilian infants with microcephaly presumed to be caused by Zika virus. Findings will appear in Ophthalmology, journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.

Released: 24-May-2016 3:05 PM EDT
New Research Confirms Continued, Unabated and Large-Scale Amphibian Declines
US Geological Survey (USGS)

New U.S. Geological Survey-led research suggests that even though amphibians are severely declining worldwide, there is no smoking gun - and thus no simple solution - to halting or reversing these declines.

Released: 24-May-2016 2:05 PM EDT
Great Apes Communicate Cooperatively
Max Planck Society (Max-Planck-Gesellschaft)

Gestural communication in bonobos and chimpanzees shows turn-taking and clearly distinguishable communication styles.

Released: 23-May-2016 7:05 PM EDT
Current Screening Methods Miss Worrisome Number of Persons with Mild Cognitive Impairment
UC San Diego Health

In a paper published in the current Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System say existing screening tools for mild cognitive impairment (MCI) result in a false-negative error rate of more than 7 percent. These persons are misclassified as not having MCI based on standard screening instruments but actually do have MCI when more extensive testing is conducted.

Released: 23-May-2016 1:05 PM EDT
Strange Sea-Dwelling Reptile Fossil Hints at Rapid Evolution After Mass Extinction
Field Museum

Two hundred and fifty million years ago, life on earth was in a tail-spin--climate change, volcanic eruptions, and rising sea levels contributed to a mass extinction that makes the death of the dinosaurs look like child's play. Marine life got hit hardest--96% of all marine species went extinct. For a long time, scientists believed that the early marine reptiles that came about after the mass extinction evolved slowly, but the recent discovery of a strange new fossil brings that view into question.

20-May-2016 7:00 AM EDT
Call to Minimise Drone Impact on Wildlife
University of Adelaide

University of Adelaide environmental researchers have called for a ‘code of best practice’ in using unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) for wildlife monitoring and protection, and other biological field research.

20-May-2016 3:05 AM EDT
Squids on the Rise as Oceans Change
University of Adelaide

Unlike the declining populations of many fish species, the number of cephalopods (octopus, cuttlefish and squid) has increased in the world’s oceans over the past 60 years, a University of Adelaide study has found.

19-May-2016 6:00 PM EDT
UCLA Study Identifies How Brain Connects Memories Across Time
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

UCLA neuroscientists have identified in mice how the brain links different memories over time. The findings suggest a possible intervention for people suffering from age-related memory problems.



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